St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy is a primary school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 September 2022. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Aidan's Catholic Primary 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 | 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
- In 2024/25, 58% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Redbridge.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 28 of the 48 other Redbridge primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 10 first-choice applications for 12 offers (0.8 per offer, the 13th lowest of 49 Redbridge primary schools), and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 35.2% of pupils, against a middle figure of 26.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Redbridge.
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
- Benton Road, Ilford, IG1 4AS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 September 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to come to St Aidan’s.”
- “Teachers care a great deal for pupils.”
- “Pupils are happy here and want to learn.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, pupils lose focus on their work.”
- “This happens when teachers set tasks that do not consider well enough pupils’ prior knowledge.”
- “However, there are times when staff plan work but do not check that pupils have the knowledge that they need to be successful.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 November 2022 (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) | 58% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 10 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.
- Aldborough Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Downshall Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christchurch Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Winston Way Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Newbury Park Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- South Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Gordon Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published