Cherry Lane Primary School
Sipson Road, West Drayton, UB7 9DL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss N Tranter
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Hayes and Harlington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 690
- Pupils on roll
- 562
- URN
- 131638
- Local authority
- Hillingdon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01895444480
About this school
Cherry Lane Primary School is a community primary school in West Drayton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 562 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- 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 | 80 | 76 | 78 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 46% | 34% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 55% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 63% | 46% | 59% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 61% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 100.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.70 | - | - |
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 Cherry Lane Primary 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 | Hillingdon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 46% | 60.6% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 34% | 60.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 63.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 659 |
| 2023/24 | 669 |
| 2024/25 | 640 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cherry Lane Primary School compares
Cherry Lane Primary School ranked 52nd of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 8.8% | 37% | 562 | — |
| Heathrow Primary School | 79% | 7.1% | 22.6% | 396 | 0.5 miles |
| St Martin's Church of England Primary School | 55% | 8.1% | 32.3% | 206 | 0.6 miles |
| Laurel Lane Primary School | 40% | 7.5% | 45.3% | 267 | 0.6 miles |
| West Drayton Academy | 73% | 6.3% | 22.7% | 649 | 0.6 miles |
| St Catherine Catholic Primary School | 59% | 5.3% | 21% | 235 | 0.9 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.96%
- English as an additional language
- 53.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.75%
- Persistent absence
- 27.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Heathrow Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · West Drayton
-
St Martin's Church of England Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · West Drayton
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Laurel Lane Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · West Drayton
-
West Drayton Academy0.6 miles
Primary · West Drayton
-
St Catherine Catholic Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · West Drayton
Other schools in West Drayton
Cherry Lane Primary School ranks 8th of the 9 ranked primary schools in West Drayton.
- Harmondsworth Primary School Primary
- Heathrow Primary School Primary
- Laurel Lane Primary School Primary
- Rabbsfarm Primary School Primary
- St Catherine Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Martin's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Matthew's CofE Primary School Primary
- West Drayton Academy Primary
- Landon School Harmondsworth Special schools
- The PRIDE Academy Free Schools
- The Skills Hub Free Schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Cherry Lane Primary School teach?
- Cherry Lane Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in West Drayton.
- Who is the headteacher of Cherry Lane Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cherry Lane Primary School is Miss N Tranter, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cherry Lane Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cherry Lane Primary 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 big is Cherry Lane Primary School?
- Cherry Lane Primary School has 562 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cherry Lane Primary School full?
- Cherry Lane Primary School has capacity for 690 pupils and 562 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cherry Lane Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cherry Lane Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cherry Lane Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cherry Lane Primary School as having nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Cherry Lane Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Cherry Lane Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Cherry Lane Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 46% in 2022/23 and 46% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cherry Lane Primary School rank locally?
- Cherry Lane Primary School ranked 52nd of 55 primary schools in Hillingdon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 17% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cherry Lane Primary School's absence rate?
- Cherry Lane Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cherry Lane Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cherry Lane Primary 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.