Hilltop Infant School

State-Funded School

hilltop-infant-school-essex-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

EssexLocal Authority

Rayleigh and WickfordConstituency

SS11 8LTPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Hilltop Infant School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–7, located in Essex, East of England.

It currently serves 237 pupils. Hilltop Infant School is part of HEARTS ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No DfE attainment data is published for this school — usually because the cohort is too small to report without identifying pupils.

Ethnicity

White

85%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

237

Total Pupils

53%Boys

47%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 7
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 237
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)
MAT name: HEARTS ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
17 Dec 2024	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Not judged
3 Mar 2014	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.