Seven Kings School
All-through · Community school · Ages 4–18 · Ilford, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.425 miles
Staff Children · Published by London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 0.563 mi
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Seven Kings School is an all-through school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 4–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Seven Kings 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 | 2.425 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 0.563 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 1 earlier figure.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception in 2026, there were 179 first-choice applications for 120 offers, 1.5 first choices per offer.
- For Reception in 2026, 118 offers went to first-choice families, 61 first-choice families (34%) were not offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The last Reception place offered in 2026 went to a child of school staff living 2.425 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and further than in 2021; distances swung sharply between some years.
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.563 miles from the school.
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
- Ley Street, Ilford, IG2 7BT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 2,189 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “The school has developed a welcoming, friendly, and highly aspirational culture.”
- “Pupils receive an exceptional education.”
- “The school has very high expectations for pupils from Reception through to the sixth form.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 June 2025 (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) | 80% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 71% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 57.3 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 179 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 118 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 259 first-preference applications, 53 offers in total, 41 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Redbridge.
- Ark Isaac Newton Academy 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Oak House School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Apex Secondary School for Boys 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Apex Secondary School for Girls 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Read Academy Education 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hatchside School 1.0 mi Good
- Apex Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Eastcourt Independent School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade