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Churchfields Infants' School

  • 5–7Ages
  • 429Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 133936URN

Churchfields, South Woodford, London, E18 2RB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.4per place
0.8 above Redbridge median (2.6)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Redbridge

406 applications for 119 places · 8th of 47 in Redbridge
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 3 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Early years provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
3.4applications per place, Reception
0.8 above Redbridge median (2.6) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

406 applications · 119 places offered · 172 named it first

  1. 2026 3.4; Redbridge median median 2.6
  2. 2025 3.4; Redbridge median median 2.5
  3. 2024 3.5; Redbridge median median 2.8
  4. 2023 3.3; Redbridge median median 2.8
  5. 2022 3.7; Redbridge median median 2.6
  6. 2021 4.1; Redbridge median median 2.8
  7. 2020 4.0; Redbridge median median 2.8
  8. 2019 4.1; Redbridge median median 2.9
  9. 2018 4.3; Redbridge median median 2.9
  10. 2017 3.9; Redbridge median median 3.0
  11. 2016 4.5; Redbridge median median 3.1
  12. 2015 4.2; Redbridge median median 3.0
  13. 2014 4.3; Redbridge median median 3.0
More applications per place than the Redbridge median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Redbridge median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261194063.41721.45
Sep 20251204083.41741.45
Sep 20241154033.51451.26
Sep 20231193943.31771.49
Sep 20221184403.71811.53
Sep 20211184784.11931.64
Sep 20201204834.01911.59
Sep 20191184864.11811.53
Sep 20181205104.32121.77
Sep 20171204643.91711.43
Sep 20161205454.51911.59
Sep 20151205064.21801.50
Sep 20141205184.32061.72

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • 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
Primary
URN · DfE number
133936 · 317/3521
Capacity
450 pupils · 429 on roll
Free school meals
7.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 September 2001
Replaced
Churchfields Infants' School (URN 102825)
Address
Churchfields, South Woodford, London, E18 2RB
Local authority
Redbridge

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources