Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School
Settle Road, Harold Hill, Romford, RM3 9RT
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DRAPERS' MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Principal
- Ms Trudy Spillane
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Drapers Company
- Constituency
- Hornchurch and Upminster
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 550
- Pupils on roll
- 277
- URN
- 141577
- Local authority
- Havering
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01708342165
About this school
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School is a primary academy in Romford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 277 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Drapers' Pyrgo Priory 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 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 | 58 | 46 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 52% | 53% | 46% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 60% | 54% |
| Expected standard in maths | 59% | 71% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 51% | 55% | 65% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 102.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.00 | - | - |
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' Pyrgo Priory 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 | 52% | 61.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 46% | 63.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 408 |
| 2023/24 | 396 |
| 2024/25 | 320 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School compares
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School ranked 47th of 49 primary schools in Havering 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 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46% | 7% | 42.9% | 277 | — |
| Drapers' Maylands Primary School | 77% | 4.7% | 29.6% | 348 | 0.2 miles |
| Mead Primary School | 40% | 6.1% | 38.5% | 801 | 0.5 miles |
| Drapers' Brookside Infant School | — | 7.5% | 36.3% | 198 | 0.5 miles |
| Drapers' Brookside Junior School | 47% | 7.1% | 50.8% | 234 | 0.6 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 42.86%
- English as an additional language
- 49.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.03%
- Persistent absence
- 26.86%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Drapers' Maylands Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Romford
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Mead Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Romford
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Drapers' Brookside Infant School0.5 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Drapers' Brookside Junior School0.6 miles
Primary · Romford
-
Harold Court Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Romford
Other schools in Romford
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School ranks 32nd 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 Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School teach?
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Romford.
- Who is the principal of Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School?
- The principal of Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School is Ms Trudy Spillane, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Drapers' Pyrgo Priory 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' Pyrgo Priory School?
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School has 277 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School full?
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School has capacity for 550 pupils and 277 on roll (50%), 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' Pyrgo Priory School a faith school?
- No. Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School has no designated religious character.
- Does Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School as having nursery classes.
- Is Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School part of an academy trust?
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory 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' Pyrgo Priory School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 52% 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 Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School compare with other schools in Havering?
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School ranked 47th of 49 primary schools in Havering 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 24% 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' Pyrgo Priory School's absence rate?
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Drapers' Pyrgo Priory 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.