Redbridge Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · 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 🔒
Redbridge Primary School is a primary school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 June 2024. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Redbridge 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 28 of the 48 other Redbridge primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 79 first-choice applications for 87 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% 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
- College Gardens, Redbridge, Ilford, IG4 5HW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 808 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Redbridge Primary School are encouraged to ‘dream big, work hard and be kind’.”
- “Leaders have set out a clear strategic vision where pupils are supported to succeed.”
- “Pupils work hard, typically achieving well across the curriculum, including in national assessments.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, the school’s work to ensure that pupils acquire deep knowledge is not as well advanced.”
- “This includes in the early years, where the activities pupils complete do not always match the expectations of the planned curriculum.”
- “However, in some areas, the expectations and support put in place for pupils with SEND lack precision.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 July 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: 79 first-preference applications, 87 offers in total, 79 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.
- Parkhill Infants' School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkhill Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Cranbrook Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Nightingale Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Gearies Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Highlands Primary School 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Glade Primary School 1.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- St Augustine's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published