Living in Northwood with children
Northwood, Hillingdon and Hertfordshire. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
10 schools: 4 state primary, 2 state secondary, 4 privateNorthwood on the schools map →Every school in Northwood, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frithwood Primary School | School remains Good | Top 44% (25/57) in Hillingdon | — |
| Eastbury Farm Primary School | School remains Good | Top 39% (133/344) in Hertfordshire | 1.293 miles (2026) |
| Hillside Junior School | Requires improvement | (30/57) in Hillingdon | — |
| Hillside Infant School | School remains Good | — | — |
State secondary schools (2)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood School | Standards maintained | 1st (1/22) in Hillingdon | 0.771 miles (2026) |
| UTC Heathrow | Good | (20/22) in Hillingdon | — |
Private schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merchant Taylors' School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | Top 20% (4/21) in Hertfordshire | — |
| St Helen's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/2) in Hillingdon | — |
| Northwood College for Girls GDST | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards not met | (2/2) in Hillingdon | — |
| St Martin's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Northwood yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Northwood →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 78% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 671 postcodes in HA6. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 7 good, or expected standard; 3 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 10 in Hillingdon · 2 in Hertfordshire.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 8 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Hillingdon
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Hillingdon · Hertfordshire.
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