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William Byrd Primary Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Hillingdon, UB3 5EW · Hillingdon local authority

Hillingdon’s School Grade A− better than 83% of towns in England

Its letter
51%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
Getting in
69/69
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
596 pupils
84% of its 708 places
Free school meals
30%
30 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about William Byrd Primary Academy

  • Its own letter, B−: Key Stage 2 results better than 51% of England’s primary schools
  • Ofsted: Good, October 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (69 of 69)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (UB3 5) sold for a median £325,000; Hillingdon’s is £500,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 63%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 51% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Hillingdon avg 65%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%William Byrd Primary 63%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 104, maths 104 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading76%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)84%
England’s schools 73%
Maths82%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling70%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 26 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
65%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
71%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three9%
England’s schools 8% · Hillingdon 9% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at William Byrd Primary Academy?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

69
families put it first for September 2026
70
places offered
100%
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

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. 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. Middlesex Learning Partnership sets the admissions rules. Apply through Hillingdon council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Hillingdon, September 2026

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

1.50 per place
62% got their first choice
1.28 per place
74% got their first choice
1.20 per place
83% got their first choice
1.19 per place
84% got their first choice
1.14 per place
87% got their first choice
1.11 per place
85% got their first choice
1.10 per place
89% got their first choice
1.04 per place
86% got their first choice
1.03 per place
97% got their first choice
William Byrd Primary
0.99 per place
100% got their first choice

Hillingdon and Hillingdon, side by side

2023–2025

All 56 graded primaries in Hillingdon. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Hillingdon’s schools are coloured by their letter.

40%49%58%67%76%85%10%20%30%40%50%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →William Byrd Primary
ABCDElsewhere in HillingdonWilliam Byrd Primary
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Whiteheath Junior SchoolA+11%85%
Deanesfield Primary SchoolA+16%83%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolA12%81%
Newnham Junior SchoolA9%80%
Rosedale Primary SchoolA20%80%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolA6%79%
The Breakspear SchoolA6%78%
Guru Nanak Sikh AcademyA17%78%
Glebe Primary SchoolA10%77%
Lady Bankes Primary SchoolA18%77%
Heathrow Primary SchoolA20%76%
Bourne Primary SchoolA−19%74%
Lake Farm Park AcademyA−23%74%
Hillingdon Primary SchoolA−22%74%
Warrender Primary SchoolA−9%73%
St Swithun Wells Catholic Primary SchoolA−6%73%
Wood End Park AcademyA−29%73%
Holy Trinity CofE Primary SchoolA−22%72%
Dr Triplett's CofE Primary SchoolA−22%71%
St Catherine Catholic Primary SchoolB+20%70%
Hayes Park SchoolB+22%70%
Cranford Park AcademyB+25%70%
Hermitage Primary SchoolB+22%70%
Minet Junior SchoolB+45%69%
West Drayton AcademyB+22%69%
John Locke AcademyB+9%68%
Harlyn Primary SchoolB18%67%
Frithwood Primary SchoolB13%67%
Hillside Junior SchoolB24%66%
St Bernadette Catholic Primary SchoolB8%66%
Charville AcademyB−22%64%
Whitehall SchoolB−36%63%
William Byrd Primary AcademyB−30%63%
Brookside Primary SchoolB−32%62%
Harefield Infant and Junior SchoolB−31%61%
Belmore Primary AcademyC+32%60%
Harmondsworth Primary SchoolC+26%59%
Grange Park SchoolC+19%59%
Cowley St Laurence CofE Primary SchoolC+30%59%
Coteford Junior SchoolC+31%58%
Yeading Junior SchoolC37%57%
Hewens Primary SchoolC29%57%
Field End Junior SchoolC26%57%
St Matthew's CofE Primary SchoolC26%56%
Ruislip Gardens Primary SchoolC26%55%
Bishop Winnington-Ingram CofE Primary SchoolC16%55%
Colham Manor Primary SchoolC31%54%
Highfield Primary SchoolC33%54%
Ryefield Primary SchoolC−20%53%
Rabbsfarm Primary SchoolC−35%52%
St Andrew's C of E Primary SchoolC−37%52%
St Martin's Church of England Primary SchoolC−35%50%
Botwell House Catholic Primary SchoolC−24%48%
Pinkwell Primary SchoolD33%43%
Cherry Lane Primary SchoolD38%42%
Laurel Lane Primary SchoolD49%42%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

592 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
11.7%England 15.3%
EHC plan
2.5%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
74.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 49%Boys 51%
Its letter

William Byrd Primary Academy’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths B−Better than 51% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

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

Graded inspection: Good, October 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near William Byrd Primary Academy

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

Home prices in UB3 5, the school’s postcode sector

Hillingdon property prices →
£325,000
median sale, 112 sales in 36 months · Hillingdon £500,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£100K£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025UB3 5Hillingdon
UB3 5Hillingdon

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£472K
Terraced
£415K
Flat
£250K
UB3 5Hillingdon

Homes in UB3 5 sell for well under Hillingdon’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

7 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNAC−C+DBB+DB−William Byrd Primary Academy
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Hillingdon, UB3 5EW

William Byrd Primary Academy: common questions

Is William Byrd Primary Academy a good school?

By its published results, above average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 51% of England’s primary schools (its letter is B−), with 63% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, October 2023.

How hard is it to get into William Byrd Primary Academy?

For September 2026, 69 families put William Byrd Primary Academy first and all of them were offered a place; 70 places were offered in all.

What is William Byrd Primary Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2023).

How much do houses cost near William Byrd Primary Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, UB3 5, sold for a median £325,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (112 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; Hillingdon’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.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.