Gearies Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Ilford, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.930 miles
Published by London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Gearies Primary School is a primary school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 5 November 2024. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Gearies 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 | 0.930 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
- For Reception 2026 the last distance offered was 0.930 miles, a figure that applies to on-time sibling applications.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2021, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 4 years with a published distance.
- Reception 2026 had 124 first-choice applications for 120 offers; 113 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 27% 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
- Waremead Road, Gants Hill, Ilford, IG2 6TF
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 884 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 5 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this happy and friendly school.”
- “Pupils are supported to become ‘the best version of themselves’.”
- “Staff know pupils well and have very high expectations for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 December 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) | 78% | 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: 124 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 113 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 Augustine's Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi Some aspects not as strong Last distance published
- Fullwood Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Parkhill Infants' School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkhill Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Newbury Park Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Redbridge Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cranbrook Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mossford Green Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published