Winston Way 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 🔒
Winston Way Academy is a primary school in Ilford, Redbridge for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 June 2023. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Winston Way 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
- 35.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, above the middle figure of 27.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Redbridge.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as were all applicants at 28 of the 48 other Redbridge primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 49 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Winston Way, Ilford, IG1 2WS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 616 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 35.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming every day at this school.”
- “They said that their teachers were kind and caring.”
- “Staff set high expectations for pupils’ learning and behaviour.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ outcomes at the end of 2022 were significantly below national average.”
- “While leaders’ curricular thinking is of high quality, leadership in some subjects is new and not embedded.”
- “This means that, in some subjects, leaders do not routinely check that the curriculum is implemented consistently.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 September 2023 (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) | 75% | 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: 49 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 49 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.
- SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Gordon Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Christchurch Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Cleveland Road Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Woodlands Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- South Park Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Uphall Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published