Ark Isaac Newton Academy
All-through · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–18 · Ilford, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.885 miles
Published by London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: 0.653 mi
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ark Isaac Newton Academy is an all-through school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 4–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 16 October 2024. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Ark Isaac Newton Academy 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 | 2.885 mi |
| Year 7 2026 | 0.653 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, the last child offered a place among children with a sibling at the school lived 2.885 miles away. That was nearer than in 2025 but further than in 2021.
- Reception 2026 drew 106 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 82 offers went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- At Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.653 miles from the school.
- A level students in 2024/25 averaged grade B+ (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level well above average.
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
- 1 Cricklefield Place, Ilford, IG1 1FY
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 4–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 1,777 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 16 October 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are highly academically successful, resilient and respectful here.”
- “The school supports pupils to thrive from Reception through until the end of the sixth form.”
- “This is reflected in the exceptionally high published outcomes for pupils in Years 6 and 11, and the high-quality work produced by students in the sixth form.”
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) | 92% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 65% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 56.7 | 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: 106 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 82 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 181 first-preference applications, 83 offers in total, 61 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.
- Oak House School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Seven Kings School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Endeavour House School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Eastcourt Independent School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Loxford School 0.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Read Academy Education 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Apex Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Apex Secondary School for Boys 1.2 mi No Ofsted grade