Graded inspection · Nov 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in RedbridgeSelective
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Early years provision | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry554 applications · 175 places offered · 173 named it first
- 2026 3.2; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2025 3.8; Redbridge median median 2.7
- 2024 3.4; Redbridge median median 2.8
- 2023 3.9; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2022 4.0; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2021 2.5; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2020 2.5; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2019 2.8; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2018 2.8; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2017 2.7; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2016 2.8; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2015 2.5; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2014 2.4; Redbridge median median 3.6
- This school
- Redbridge median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.2 per place (261 applications for 120 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 175 | 554 | 3.2 | 173 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 169 | 641 | 3.8 | 241 | 1.43 |
| Sep 2024 | 173 | 594 | 3.4 | 222 | 1.28 |
| Sep 2023 | 173 | 669 | 3.9 | 255 | 1.47 |
| Sep 2022 | 166 | 670 | 4.0 | 240 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2021 | 299 | 742 | 2.5 | 325 | 1.09 |
| Sep 2020 | 292 | 735 | 2.5 | 309 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2019 | 299 | 822 | 2.8 | 360 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 297 | 827 | 2.8 | 337 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2017 | 293 | 796 | 2.7 | 339 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2016 | 294 | 815 | 2.8 | 313 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2015 | 296 | 732 | 2.5 | 274 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2014 | 294 | 717 | 2.4 | 246 | 0.84 |
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.) | 288 | 54.1 | 62% | 80% | – |
| 2024/25 | 299 | 54.4 | 60% | 77% | – |
| 2023/24 | 291 | 56.9 | 70% | 85% | +1.08 |
| 2022/23 | 295 | 54.8 | 64% | 79% | +1.04 |
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
- Loxford SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20233.2applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Barking and DagenhamRemains Good20242.6applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Barking and DagenhamOutstanding20243.1applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained202411.9applications per place 60.7Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Redbridge20262.0applications per place 48.5Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Barking and DagenhamStandards maintained20242.2applications per place 45.8Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Redbridge20262.7applications per place 55.3Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly202527.3applications per place 62.0Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · NewhamGood20222.0applications per place 47.5Attainment 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 140475 · 317/4027
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 3,000 pupils · 2,799 on roll
- Free school meals
- 25.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 December 2013
- Replaced
- Loxford School of Science and Technology (URN 102853)
- Address
- Loxford Lane, Ilford, IG1 2UT
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources