Drapers' Maylands Primary School
Settle Road, Romford, RM3 9XR
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- DRAPERS' MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Trudy Spillane
- Sponsor
- Drapers Company
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 348
- URN
- 141549
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708371331
About this school
Drapers' Maylands Primary School is a primary academy in Romford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 348 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Drapers' Maylands Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 62 | 44 | 39 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 66% | 77% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 16% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 58% | 68% | 82% |
| Expected standard in maths | 56% | 82% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 63% | 70% | 92% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
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 Drapers' Maylands 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 | Havering average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 77% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 366 |
| 2023/24 | 356 |
| 2024/25 | 361 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Drapers' Maylands Primary School compares
Drapers' Maylands Primary School ranked 9th of 49 primary schools in Havering for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 77% | 4.7% | 29.6% | 348 | — |
| Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School | 46% | 7% | 42.9% | 277 | 0.2 miles |
| Mead Primary School | 40% | 6.1% | 38.5% | 801 | 0.7 miles |
| Drapers' Brookside Infant School | — | 7.5% | 36.3% | 198 | 0.7 miles |
| Drapers' Brookside Junior School | 47% | 7.1% | 50.8% | 234 | 0.7 miles |
| Harold Court Primary School | 63% | 4.3% | 17.9% | 420 | 0.8 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)
- 29.64%
- English as an additional language
- 45.2%
- Overall absence
- 4.67%
- Persistent absence
- 11.25%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School0.2 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Mead Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
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Drapers' Brookside Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Drapers' Brookside Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Harold Court Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
Drapers' Maylands Primary School ranks 8th 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' Pyrgo Priory School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Drapers' Maylands Primary School teach?
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the principal of Drapers' Maylands Primary School?
- The principal of Drapers' Maylands Primary School is Trudy Spillane, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Drapers' Maylands Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Drapers' Maylands 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 many pupils are at Drapers' Maylands Primary School?
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School has 348 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Drapers' Maylands Primary School full?
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 348 on roll (83%), 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 Drapers' Maylands Primary School a faith school?
- No. Drapers' Maylands Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Drapers' Maylands Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Drapers' Maylands Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Drapers' Maylands Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School is part of DRAPERS' MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Drapers' Maylands Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 77% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Drapers' Maylands Primary School compare with other schools in Havering?
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School ranked 9th of 49 primary schools in Havering for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 82% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 69% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Drapers' Maylands Primary School's absence rate?
- Drapers' Maylands Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Drapers' Maylands Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Drapers' Maylands 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 1 July 2026.