Report card · inspected Jan 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in RedbridgeSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 6 January 2026Report card · 7 Strong standard
- 21 September 2021Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry538 applications · 179 places offered · 258 named it first
SelectiveApplications include children who did not pass the entrance test.
- 2026 3.0; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2025 3.2; Redbridge median median 2.7
- 2024 3.0; Redbridge median median 2.8
- 2023 3.1; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2022 3.1; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2021 3.9; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2020 3.4; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2019 3.5; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2018 3.5; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2017 4.3; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2016 3.1; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2015 3.9; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2014 4.2; Redbridge median median 3.6
- This school
- Redbridge median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Selective: register for the entrance test with the school first, usually by the summer before (dates vary). Dates
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 179 | 538 | 3.0 | 258 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 | 569 | 3.2 | 319 | 1.79 |
| Sep 2024 | 180 | 544 | 3.0 | 259 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2023 | 174 | 541 | 3.1 | 293 | 1.68 |
| Sep 2022 | 181 | 561 | 3.1 | 276 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2021 | 179 | 697 | 3.9 | 471 | 2.63 |
| Sep 2020 | 181 | 615 | 3.4 | 288 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2019 | 179 | 627 | 3.5 | 285 | 1.59 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 638 | 3.5 | 344 | 1.91 |
| Sep 2017 | 179 | 769 | 4.3 | 484 | 2.70 |
| Sep 2016 | 180 | 563 | 3.1 | 308 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2015 | 120 | 469 | 3.9 | 229 | 1.91 |
| Sep 2014 | 113 | 472 | 4.2 | 275 | 2.43 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 179 | 77.0 | 99% | 100% | – |
| 2024/25 | 180 | 75.7 | 97% | 99% | – |
| 2023/24 | 178 | 77.4 | 99% | 99% | +0.87 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 77.4 | 97% | 99% | +0.77 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Ilford County High SchoolThis schoolThis school20263.0applications per place 77.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 0.8 km · RedbridgeRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · RedbridgeGood20222.1applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Redbridge20262.7applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Redbridge20267.2applications per place 57.3Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · EssexRemains Good20233.2applications per place 51.0Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly202527.3applications per place 62.0Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · RedbridgeGood20243.0applications per place 52.7Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 102850 · 317/4007
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Capacity
- 850 pupils · 1,115 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Fremantle Road, Barkingside, Ilford, IG6 2JB
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources