Wanstead Church School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · London, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.238 miles
Sibling · Published by London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wanstead Church School is a primary school in London, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Wanstead Church 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 | 3.238 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
- In 2024/25, 96% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For children with siblings, the Reception 2026 last distance offered was 3.238 miles, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 3 years.
- Reception 2026 had 27 first-choice applications for 29 offers; 22 offers went to first-choice families, and 5 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- 6.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Redbridge is 15.8%.
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
- Church Path, Wanstead, London, E11 2SS
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 197 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “The values of wisdom, compassion and strength are embedded in this small school and pupils thrive in its caring, happy community.”
- “They know that they are safe and that there is someone they can speak to if they have any concerns or worries.”
- “Pupils behave impeccably both in and outside of lessons, they show kindness and they care for each other.”
To improve
- “However, some parts of the curriculum are more fully realised and embedded than others.”
- “However, occasionally this practice is not embedded and so pupils do not consistently make as much progress through the curriculum as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 June 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) | 96% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 22 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.
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Snaresbrook Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Nightingale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakdale Infants' School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oakdale Junior School 1.0 mi Not judged
- Aldersbrook Primary School 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redbridge Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Churchfields Infants' School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published