The Cedars Primary School
Community special school · Hounslow · TW5 9RU
Ages 5–11 · 68 pupils · Hounslow
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
0%
Overall absence
9.8%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-06-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 92.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 86.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 95.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
- Authorised absence
- 7.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 4.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 75
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
68 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 68
- Boys / girls
- 54 / 14
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 68 / 70 (97%)
- Free school meals
- 79.4%
- FSM pupils
- 54
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community special school
Age range
Ages 5–11
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
- Headteacher
- Miss Tessa Reed
Location
- Address
- High Street, Cranford
- Postcode
- TW5 9RU
- Town
- Hounslow
- County
- Middlesex
- Local authority
- Hounslow
- District
- Hounslow
- Constituency
- Feltham and Heston
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
SEN & specialist provision
As recorded in GIAS — provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community special school, Ages 5–11, in Hounslow, Hounslow, 68 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 79.4%. SEN provision includes: SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
Nearby schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Cranford Community College
Ofsted: Strong standardAcademy converter · Secondary
Hounslow · TW5 9PD · Hounslow
Ages 11–18
- Att854.0
- P80.6
- EM5+67%
- Absence5.9%
0.3 miles away
Cranford Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Hounslow · TW4 6LB · Hounslow
Ages 3–11
- KS267%
- Absence5.1%
- FSM16.5%
0.7 miles away
Cranford Park Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Hayes · UB3 4LQ · Hillingdon
Ages 3–11
- KS269%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM24.7%
0.9 miles away
Berkeley Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Hounslow · TW5 9HQ · Hounslow
Ages 3–11
- KS264%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM26.1%
0.9 miles away
Beavers Community Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Hounslow · TW4 6HR · Hounslow
Ages 3–11
- KS229%
- Absence5.4%
- FSM25.6%
1.1 miles away
Springwell School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Hounslow · TW5 9EF · Hounslow
Ages 3–11
- KS255%
- Absence6.4%
- FSM22.3%
1.1 miles away
Featherstone Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted: OutstandingCommunity school · Primary
Southall · UB2 5JT · Ealing
Ages 3–11
- KS263%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM29.0%
1.2 miles away
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Tessa Reed
- Telephone
- 02082300015