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Drapers' Brookside Infant School

PrimaryAges 3–7Academy

Havering, RM3 9DJ · Havering local authority

Havering’s School Grade B+ better than 70% of towns in England

Getting in
29/30
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
198 pupils
110% of its 180 places
Free school meals
33%
33 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Drapers' Brookside Infant School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 198 pupils for 180 places
  • Ofsted: Good, October 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • 97% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (29 of 30)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (RM3 9) sold for a median £407,250; Havering’s is £445,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Drapers' Brookside Infant School?

97% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

30
families put it first for September 2026
30
places offered
97%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2019 (1), 2022 (13), 2026 (1). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Drapers' Multi-Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Havering council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Havering, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.46 per place
66% got their first choice
1.45 per place
69% got their first choice
1.41 per place
71% got their first choice
1.39 per place
65% got their first choice
1.35 per place
74% got their first choice
1.28 per place
76% got their first choice
1.23 per place
78% got their first choice
1.10 per place
88% got their first choice
1.08 per place
88% got their first choice
Drapers' Brookside Infant
1.00 per place
97% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

229 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
13.1%England 15.3%
EHC plan
6.6%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
43.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
36.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 54%Boys 46%
Its letter

No letter for Drapers' Brookside Infant School

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, October 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Drapers' Brookside Infant School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in RM3 9, the school’s postcode sector

Havering property prices →
£407,250
median sale, 312 sales in 36 months · Havering £445,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K2010201520202025RM3 9Havering
RM3 9Havering

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£480K
Semi-detached
£440K
Terraced
£408K
Flat
£216K
RM3 9Havering

Homes in RM3 9 sell for a little under Havering’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

9 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCC−DC−A−C−DB−C−Drapers' Brookside Infant S…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Havering, RM3 9DJ

Drapers' Brookside Infant School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Drapers' Brookside Infant School?

For September 2026, 30 families put Drapers' Brookside Infant School first and 29 of them were offered a place; 30 places were offered in all.

What is Drapers' Brookside Infant School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2022).

How much do houses cost near Drapers' Brookside Infant School?

Homes in its postcode sector, RM3 9, sold for a median £407,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (312 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Havering’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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