Gordon Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Ilford, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gordon Primary School is a primary school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 7 February 2024. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Gordon 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 94% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Redbridge.
- At the higher standard in 2024/25, the figure was 36% of pupils at the end of primary school (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 40 first-choice applications for 43 offers; every applicant was offered a place, though places ran out in 1 of the 3 earlier published years.
- There are 31.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 21.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Redbridge.
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
- Gordon Primary School, Golfe Road, Ilford, IG1 1SU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 398 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 31.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 7 February 2024
Strengths
- “The school is calm and orderly.”
- “Pupils feel happy and safe here.”
- “Children in the early years are curious and encouraged to be independent.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, checks to identify and address any gaps in pupils’ content knowledge are not thorough, and as a result, pupils’ knowledge and recall are not as secure.”
- “In a few subjects, the school is strengthening these adaptations.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 March 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) | 94% | 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: 40 first-preference applications, 43 offers in total, 40 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.
- SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Winston Way Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Park Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Cleveland Road Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Christchurch Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Mayespark Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published