Drapers' Maylands Primary School
Settle Road, Romford, RM3 9XR
348 pupils · 83% of 420 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- DRAPERS' MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Havering
- Free school meals
- 27%
Ofsted
Strong standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| 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 |
Inspected 18 November 2025, published 9 March 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 77% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 3% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.91 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 47 | 43 | 95 | 46 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 42 | 42 | 83 | 42 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 48 | 45 | 96 | 48 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 37 | 37 | 78 | 37 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 36 | 31 | 90 | 36 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 50 | 43 | 108 | 50 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 60 | 58 | 125 | 60 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 50 | 48 | 125 | 50 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School 0.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Mead Primary School 1 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Drapers' Brookside Infant School 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Drapers' Brookside Junior School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Harold Court Primary School 1.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Broadford Primary School 1.7 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.