The Mawney Foundation School
Mawney Road, Romford, RM7 7HR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Mandy Lawrence
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- The Learning and Achieving Federation
- Constituency
- Romford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 677
- Pupils on roll
- 650
- URN
- 131426
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708741612
About this school
The Mawney Foundation School is a foundation primary school in Romford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 650 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected The Mawney Foundation School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 90 | 84 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 60% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 13% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 84% | 72% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 84% | 71% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 78% | 74% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.80 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How The Mawney Foundation School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Havering average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 70% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 60% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 648 |
| 2023/24 | 671 |
| 2024/25 | 658 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Mawney Foundation School compares
The Mawney Foundation School ranked 26th of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 5.9% | 22.4% | 650 | — |
| St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School | 58% | 4.1% | 13.6% | 675 | 0.4 miles |
| St Peter's Catholic Primary School | 68% | 3.8% | 9.4% | 376 | 0.5 miles |
| Concordia Academy | 81% | 4.9% | 20.8% | 597 | 0.5 miles |
| Crowlands Primary School | 80% | 5.8% | 22.3% | 669 | 0.5 miles |
| Parklands Primary School | 72% | 6% | 17.9% | 881 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.35%
- English as an additional language
- 46.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.87%
- Persistent absence
- 16.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Romford
-
St Peter's Catholic Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Concordia Academy0.5 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Crowlands Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Parklands Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
The Mawney Foundation School ranks 18th of the 34 ranked primary schools in Romford.
- Barley Lane Primary School Primary
- Broadford Primary School Primary
- Chadwell Primary School Primary
- Clockhouse Primary School Primary
- Concordia Academy Primary
- Crowlands Primary School Primary
- Crownfield Infant School Primary
- Crownfield Junior School Primary
- Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School Primary
- Drapers' Brookside Infant School Primary
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School Primary
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does The Mawney Foundation School teach?
- The Mawney Foundation School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the headteacher of The Mawney Foundation School?
- The headteacher of The Mawney Foundation School is Mrs Mandy Lawrence, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has The Mawney Foundation School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Mawney Foundation School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at The Mawney Foundation School?
- The Mawney Foundation School has 650 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is The Mawney Foundation School full?
- The Mawney Foundation School has capacity for 677 pupils and 650 on roll (96%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is The Mawney Foundation School a faith school?
- No. The Mawney Foundation School has no designated religious character.
- Does The Mawney Foundation School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records The Mawney Foundation School as having nursery classes.
- Is The Mawney Foundation School part of an academy trust?
- The Mawney Foundation School is part of the The Learning and Achieving Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Mawney Foundation School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 70% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Mawney Foundation School compare with other schools in Havering?
- The Mawney Foundation School ranked 26th of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Mawney Foundation School's absence rate?
- The Mawney Foundation School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Mawney Foundation School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Mawney Foundation School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.