St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School is a primary school located in Romford. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 02/07/2015. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is above average, progress in reading and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 3.2%, which is 0.8 percentage points higher than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Havering Drive, Romford, RM1 4BT
Website: http://www.stedwardsva.net/
Telephone: 01708745971
School Type: Voluntary aided school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Havering
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Christopher Speller
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 102328

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 02/07/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 630
Number of Pupils: 601
Number of Boys: 316
Number of Girls: 285

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 3.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 5.7% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Above Average: 0.2 Confidence interval -1.2 to 1.5
Writing
Above Average: 2 Confidence interval 0.8 to 3.3
Maths
Average: 0.6 Confidence interval -0.6 to 1.8

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:72%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:14%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Havering Drive , RM1 4BT
3out of 4 0 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Dorset Avenue , RM1 4JA
4out of 4 127 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Parklands Primary School
Havering Road , RM1 4QX
3out of 4 753 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
The Mawney Foundation School
Mawney Road , RM7 7HR
3out of 4 772 yd Foundation school Yes Mixed More About School
Gidea Park Primary School
Lodge Avenue , Gidea Park RM2 5AJ
3out of 4 1,062 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Marshalls Park Academy
Pettits Lane , RM1 4EH
2out of 4 831 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls
Brentwood Road , RM1 2RR
3out of 4 1,951 yd Academy converter No Girls More About School
The Royal Liberty School
Upper Brentwood Road , RM2 6HJ
3out of 4 2,290 yd Academy converter No Boys More About School
St Edward's Church of England Academy
London Road , RM7 9NX
1out of 4 2,361 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Bower Park Academy
Havering Road , RM1 4YY
3out of 4 2,591 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Barking and Dagenham College
Dagenham Road , RM7 0XU
- not rated 2,895 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Bep Academy
62-64 Western Road , ROMFORD RM1 3LP
- not rated 886 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Gidea Park College
2 Balgores Lane , Gidea Park RM2 5JR
- not rated 1,516 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
The Bridge
Brentwood Road , Romford RM1 2PS
- not rated 1,937 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Mary's Hare Park School
South Drive , Gidea Park RM2 6HH
- not rated 2,152 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Immanuel School
Havering Grange , Havering Road RM1 4HR
- not rated 3,034 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.