Squirrels Heath Primary School

Community schoolPrimaryAges 4–11Mixed

Salisbury Road, Gidea Park, Romford, RM2 5TP

Headteacher · Mrs Mary Shipton

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 15 September 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils600Capacity 630

OfstedSchool remains Good (Improving)Inspected 6 June 2024

Free school meals18.7%

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 6 June 2024.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Reception applications close 15 January 2027

For September 2027. Apply through Havering council, not the school. National offer day is 16 April 2027.

All 60 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered89

Applications234

First choice60

First-choice offers60

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).