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Gordon Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Golfe Road, Ilford IG1 1SU · gordonpri.uk · 020 8478 2977
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 94%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Redbridge 75%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Redbridge Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 398
- 84% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.8%
- First language not English
- 84.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Redbridge Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 40 families put the school first and 43 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 43 | 40 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 18 | 12 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 41 | 33 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 28 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 56 | 45 | 0.8 | 98% |
Results
In 2024/25, 94% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 36% the higher standard. Across Redbridge it was 75%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲94% | 62% | ||
| ▲36% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲113 | 106 | ||
| ▲114 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲112 | 105 | |
Ofsted
Gordon Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2018Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 59%
- Replies
- 22
- 5% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 82% who raised concerns
based on the 68% who had a child bullied