Wells Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Woodford Green, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.963 miles
Published by London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wells Primary School is a primary school in Woodford Green, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 22 October 2024. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Wells 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 | 0.963 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
- Reception 2026's last distance offered, 0.963 miles for children with a brother or sister at the school, was the longest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 66 first-choice applications for 44 offers; 42 offers went to first-choice families and 24 first-choice families (36%) were not offered a place.
- 75 of the 266 Reception 2026 applications (28%) came from families living outside Redbridge, and 5 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%) and 33% 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
- Barclay Oval, Woodford Green, IG8 0PP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 341 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 7.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 22 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “The value of ‘kindness’ is interwoven across all aspects of school life.”
- “This makes this school a happy place to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 November 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) | 87% | 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: 66 first-preference applications, 44 offers in total, 42 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.
- St Antony's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ray Lodge Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Churchfields Junior School 1.3 mi Not judged
- Churchfields Infants' School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Roding Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Oakdale Infants' School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakdale Junior School 1.7 mi Not judged
- Glade Primary School 2.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published