Report card · inspected Mar 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 | Exceptional | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Exceptional | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Exceptional | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Strong standard | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional | ||||
- 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
- 17 March 2026Report card · 4 Exceptional, 3 Strong standard
- 5 October 2021Graded inspection: Outstanding
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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 entry1,236 applications · 171 places offered · 280 named it first
- 2026 7.2; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2025 7.7; Redbridge median median 2.7
- 2024 8.7; Redbridge median median 2.8
- 2023 7.5; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2022 7.7; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2021 7.4; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2020 8.6; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2019 8.7; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2018 8.8; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2017 7.7; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2016 8.1; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2015 8.6; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2014 8.7; Redbridge median median 3.6
- This school
- Redbridge median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 171 | 1,236 | 7.2 | 280 | 1.64 |
| Sep 2025 | 170 | 1,313 | 7.7 | 290 | 1.71 |
| Sep 2024 | 172 | 1,502 | 8.7 | 366 | 2.13 |
| Sep 2023 | 178 | 1,328 | 7.5 | 284 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 1,355 | 7.7 | 259 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2021 | 170 | 1,251 | 7.4 | 239 | 1.41 |
| Sep 2020 | 178 | 1,531 | 8.6 | 257 | 1.44 |
| Sep 2019 | 176 | 1,533 | 8.7 | 258 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2018 | 180 | 1,582 | 8.8 | 275 | 1.53 |
| Sep 2017 | 175 | 1,346 | 7.7 | 168 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2016 | 179 | 1,450 | 8.1 | 223 | 1.25 |
| Sep 2015 | 178 | 1,527 | 8.6 | 215 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 | 178 | 1,549 | 8.7 | 231 | 1.30 |
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.) | 174 | 57.3 | 70% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 168 | 59.3 | 76% | 85% | – |
| 2023/24 | 176 | 59.0 | 69% | 88% | +0.91 |
| 2022/23 | 179 | 57.1 | 70% | 82% | +0.98 |
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
- Valentines High SchoolThis schoolThis school20267.2applications per place 57.3Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Redbridge20262.7applications per place 55.3Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly202527.3applications per place 62.0Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Redbridge20262.7applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · Redbridge20263.0applications per place 77.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.1 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained20253.3applications per place 56.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · RedbridgeGood20222.1applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · Redbridge20262.0applications per place 48.5Attainment 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
- 102857 · 317/4033
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,288 pupils · 1,357 on roll
- Free school meals
- 29.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Address
- Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG2 6HX
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources