Fairlop Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Ilford, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.872 miles
Published by London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Fairlop Primary School is a primary school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 13 November 2024. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Fairlop Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.872 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last distance offered was 0.872 miles, which applies to sibling applications, as all on-time sibling applications were offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance, and it was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Reception 2026 there were 89 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 81 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Redbridge schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Colvin Gardens, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 2LH
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 681 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 13 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the inclusive Fairlop community.”
- “They talk passionately about what makes the school special.”
- “This includes the strong focus on showing kindness and respect to all.”
To improve
- “At times, however, these checks do not consistently identify and correct misconceptions.”
- “As a result, misconceptions are not always addressed quickly enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 72% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 89 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 81 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Redbridge.
- Clore Tikva School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gilbert Colvin Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Mossford Green Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Avanti Court Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Fullwood Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Glade Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Parkhill Infants' School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published