Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Needs attention | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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Inspection history
- 24 February 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 13 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry323 applications · 119 places offered · 97 named it first
FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.
- 2026 2.7; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2025 2.7; Redbridge median median 2.7
- 2024 2.6; Redbridge median median 2.8
- 2023 3.2; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2022 2.9; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2021 2.9; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2020 3.2; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2019 3.4; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2018 4.1; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2017 4.3; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2016 4.5; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2015 5.1; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2014 5.1; 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 | 119 | 323 | 2.7 | 97 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 118 | 321 | 2.7 | 84 | 0.71 |
| Sep 2024 | 122 | 319 | 2.6 | 88 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2023 | 119 | 375 | 3.2 | 97 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2022 | 119 | 344 | 2.9 | 111 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 347 | 2.9 | 77 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2020 | 122 | 388 | 3.2 | 84 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2019 | 119 | 402 | 3.4 | 116 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 120 | 495 | 4.1 | 111 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2017 | 121 | 514 | 4.3 | 94 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2016 | 119 | 531 | 4.5 | 156 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2015 | 108 | 555 | 5.1 | 164 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2014 | 112 | 576 | 5.1 | 153 | 1.37 |
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.) | 118 | 55.3 | 60% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 122 | 56.1 | 62% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 121 | 61.4 | 71% | 88% | +0.75 |
| 2022/23 | 126 | 57.4 | 66% | 82% | +0.71 |
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
- The Ursuline Academy IlfordThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 55.3Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly202527.3applications per place 62.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Redbridge20267.2applications per place 57.3Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained202411.9applications per place 60.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Redbridge20262.0applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · NewhamGood20222.0applications per place 47.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · RedbridgeOutstanding20233.2applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · Barking and DagenhamRemains Good20242.6applications per place 47.0Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 137418 · 317/4605
- Trust
- The Ursuline Academy Ilford
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Capacity
- 760 pupils · 743 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2011
- Replaced
- Ilford Ursuline High School (URN 132106)
- Address
- Morland Road, Ilford, IG1 4JU
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources