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Hayes Park School

Foundation school in Hayes, UB4 8BE, taking ages 3 to 11, 655 on roll.

Good Ofsted, Apr 2022
2.08 mi Admitted from, 2025/26
95% Full
68.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2025/26, the furthest child offered a place lived 2.08 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 2.08 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2025/26.

Hayes Park School: 2.08 miles, 2025/26 Botwell House Catholic Primary School: 1.03 miles, 2025/26, published by Hillingdon

This is not a catchment area. 2.08 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Hayes Park School is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2025/26, from Hillingdon. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Hillingdon, published admission distances, 2025/26

Where Hayes Park School and Botwell House Catholic Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Botwell House Catholic Primary School admitted from 1.03 miles in 2025/26, published by Hillingdon. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is UB3 at £280,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Hayes Park SchoolFrom Botwell House Catholic Primary SchoolMedian sold price
UB3 Hillingdon 1.6 mi 0.2 mi £280,000 52 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Hillingdon, 10 of 77 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (13.0%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Hayes Park School that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Barnhill Community High School Both in reach Secondary 0.65 mi 2025/26 1.0 mi
Brookside Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.52 mi 2025/26 1.1 mi
Highfield Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.7 mi 2025/26 1.1 mi
Oak Wood School Both in reach Secondary 3.75 mi 2025/26 1.3 mi
Botwell House Catholic Primary School Both in reach Primary 1.03 mi 2025/26 1.4 mi
Bishopshalt School Both in reach Secondary 0.84 mi 2025/26 1.7 mi

The distance as a picture

Hayes Park School catchment area map: the 2.08 mile admission distance, 2025/26 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 655 pupils in 688 places (95% full)
Local authorityHillingdon

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Good, inspected 28 April 2022. Ungraded inspection, April 2022: school remains Good
Meeting the expected standard 68.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 68.0%
2023/24 67.0%
2022/23 76.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Hayes Park School

Girls and boys47.5% girls, 52.5% boys
English as an additional language58.0% of pupils
Free school meals21.5% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Hayes Park School

Cheapest district inside the 2.08 miles: UB3, median £280,000. Dearest: UB10, £595,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
UB3 Hillingdon 1.6 mi £280,000 52 sales
UB11 Hillingdon 1.6 mi £465,000 61 sales
UB4 Hillingdon 0.6 mi £485,000 82 sales
UB10 Hillingdon 2.0 mi £595,000 136 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 2.08 miles the school admitted from in 2025/26, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Hayes Park School by bus

Best-served stop: Fredora Avenue, 0.2 mi away, with 12.0 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 00:13, last 00:22.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Balmoral Drive0.2 mi11.810.89.790, 195, U7, 696, 697
Fredora Avenue0.2 mi12.010.09.990, 195, U7, 697, 696
Fairholme Crescent0.2 mi11.811.09.790, 195, U7, 696, 697

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Hayes Park School against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around UB4: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at UB4 8BE, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Hayes Park School?

Hayes Park School does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2025/26 lived 2.08 miles away, per Hillingdon.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Hayes Park School?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 2.08 miles was enough in 2025/26. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Hayes Park School guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

Every Hillingdon school's distance

All Hillingdon schools with a published admission distance, tightest first →
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Admission distance published by Hillingdon. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.