Report card · inspected Apr 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 | Expected standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Strong standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected 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
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 14 April 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention
- 9 November 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 entry926 applications · 343 places offered · 199 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2025 2.7; Redbridge median median 2.7
- 2024 2.8; Redbridge median median 2.8
- 2023 2.9; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2022 3.2; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2021 3.2; Redbridge median median 2.9
- 2020 3.5; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2019 3.9; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2018 4.0; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2017 3.8; Redbridge median median 3.0
- 2016 4.1; Redbridge median median 3.1
- 2015 4.3; Redbridge median median 3.2
- 2014 4.1; Redbridge median median 3.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Redbridge median
Dashed bars: as Beal High School (URN 102855), the previous school.
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 | 343 | 926 | 2.7 | 199 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2025 | 345 | 930 | 2.7 | 174 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2024 | 352 | 980 | 2.8 | 175 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2023 | 351 | 1,021 | 2.9 | 213 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2022 | 347 | 1,110 | 3.2 | 224 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2021 | 342 | 1,100 | 3.2 | 220 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2020 | 351 | 1,228 | 3.5 | 259 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2019 | 348 | 1,363 | 3.9 | 322 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2018 | 354 | 1,407 | 4.0 | 293 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 | 347 | 1,316 | 3.8 | 243 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2016 | 349 | 1,428 | 4.1 | 352 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2015 | 345 | 1,498 | 4.3 | 389 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2014 * | 343 | 1,413 | 4.1 | 333 | 0.97 |
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.) | 351 | 54.8 | 62% | 83% | – |
| 2024/25 | 351 | 52.0 | 59% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 356 | 55.4 | 68% | 82% | +0.62 |
| 2022/23 | 358 | 53.9 | 65% | 80% | +0.48 |
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
- Beal High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.7applications per place 54.8Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · RedbridgeGood20222.1applications per place 44.2Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · RedbridgeStandards maintained20253.3applications per place 56.9Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Redbridge20267.2applications per place 57.3Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Redbridge20263.0applications per place 77.0Attainment 8 Selective
- 2.1 km · RedbridgeOutstanding20233.9applications per place 55.5Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · RedbridgeRequires improvement20242.0applications per place 49.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Redbridge20262.7applications per place 55.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · RedbridgeImproved significantly20252.3applications per place 54.3Attainment 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
- 140575 · 317/4030
- Trust
- Beacon Multi-Academy Trust Limited
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,840 pupils · 2,615 on roll
- Free school meals
- 22.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 February 2014
- Replaced
- Beal High School (URN 102855)
- Address
- Woodford Bridge Road, Ilford, IG4 5LP
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources