Schools in Romford
Romford in the London Borough of Havering has 58 schools in the catchment.school database, including 37 primaries and 9 secondaries. Admissions are coordinated by the London Borough of Havering, which publishes its annual Composite Prospectus in September. Nine schools in Romford are faith schools - Church of England, Roman Catholic and others - with supplementary information forms. Romford sits on the eastern edge of Greater London, so families near the Essex border may also be within range of schools coordinated by Essex County Council.
Secondary admissions in Havering are highly competitive: schools such as Marshalls Park Academy and the WSFG cluster regularly appear in local appeal cases. Havering uses straight-line distance after sibling and looked-after children priorities. The borough also contains a small number of grammar school places via Essex grammars for families near the Havering-Essex border; the 11-plus registration deadline falls in the summer term of Year 5. Popular primaries in the Romford town centre can close their catchment below 0.5 miles.
School demand in Romford
Across the 56 schools in Romford with published capacity data, the average fill rate is 94%. 16 of them are currently at or above their published admission number, and at those schools catchment distance is likely to decide places at the next intake.
9 schools in Romford have a religious character, so faith criteria sit alongside catchment distance in their admissions policies.
21 of the schools in Romford are academies that set their own admissions criteria independently of Barking and Dagenham, so check each school's policy directly rather than assuming the council default applies.
20 of the schools in Romford have a current Ofsted rating, of which 19 are rated Good or Outstanding. Demand and catchment distance tend to be tightest at the highest-rated schools.
Primary schools in Romford: 8 oversubscribed (37)
Furze Infant School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM6 6ES
Rush Green Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM7 0RL
Warren Junior School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM6 6DA
Rose Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM6 5NJ
Harold Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM3 0TH
Hylands Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM1 2RU
Harold Court Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM3 0SH
Clockhouse Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM5 3QR
Crownfield Junior School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM7 8JB
Crownfield Infant School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM7 8JB
Parklands Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM1 4QX
Squirrels Heath Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM2 5TP
Gidea Park Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM2 5AJ
Broadford Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM3 8JS
Mead Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM3 9JD
Hilldene Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM3 7DU
St Edward's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Romford · RM1 4BT
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Romford · RM5 2AP
St Ursula's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Romford · RM3 7JS
St Peter's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Romford · RM1 4JA
Grove Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM6 4XS
Chadwell Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM6 4EU
Barley Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM6 4RJ
St Bede's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school
Romford · RM6 5RR
The Mawney Foundation School
Primary · Foundation school
Romford · RM7 7HR
Crowlands Primary School
Primary · Community school
Romford · RM7 9EJ
Oasis Academy Pinewood
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Romford · RM5 2TX
Drapers' Brookside Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Romford · RM3 9DJ
Rise Park Junior School
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Romford · RM1 4UD
Rise Park Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Romford · RM1 4UD
Drapers' Maylands Primary School
Primary · Free schools
Romford · RM3 9XR
Drapers' Pyrgo Priory School
Primary · Academy converter
Romford · RM3 9RT
Concordia Academy
Primary · Free schools
Romford · RM7 0HG
Drapers' Brookside Infant School
Primary · Academy converter
Romford · RM3 9DJ
Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led
Romford · RM4 1EJ
Lambourne Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Romford · RM4 1AU
Dame Tipping Church of England Primary School
Primary · Academy converter
Romford · RM4 1PS
Secondary Schools in Romford (9)
Drapers' Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Romford · RM3 9XR
Chadwell Heath Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Romford · RM6 4RS
Redden Court School
Secondary · Academy converter
Romford · RM3 0TS
The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter
Romford · RM1 2RR
Bower Park Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Romford · RM1 4YY
The Warren School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Romford · RM6 6SB
The Royal Liberty School
Secondary · Academy converter
Romford · RM2 6HJ
Marshalls Park Academy
Secondary · Academy converter
Romford · RM1 4EH
St Edward's Church of England Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led
Romford · RM7 9NX
Other Schools in Romford (12)
Gidea Park Preparatory School and Nursery
Not applicable · Other independent school
Romford · RM2 5JR
St Mary's Hare Park School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Romford · RM2 6HH
Immanuel School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Romford · RM1 4HR
Little Heath School
Not applicable · Foundation special school
Romford · RM6 5RX
Barking and Dagenham College
All through · Further education
Romford · RM7 0XU
Lime Academy Forest Approach
Not applicable · Academy special sponsor led
Romford · RM3 9YA
Lime Academy Ravensbourne
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Romford · RM3 8HN
Atam Academy
Special · Free schools
Romford · RM6 4XX
Newbridge School
Not applicable · Academy special converter
Romford · RM6 4TR
Koru Independent AP Academy
Not applicable · Other independent school
Romford · RM3 7SU
The Compass School
Not applicable · Free schools special
Romford · RM7 9NU
Edullect Academy Independent School
Not applicable · Other independent school
Romford · RM3 8SB
Catchment area boundaries for schools in Romford are set by Barking and Dagenham and updated each year. The "last distance offered", how far the furthest successful applicant lived, changes annually based on the number of applications received.