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Wells Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Barclay Oval, Woodford Green IG8 0PP · wellsprimary.co.uk · 020 8708 0500
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 87%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Redbridge 75%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.96 mi
- 1.55 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered · Redbridge Council
- Demand for places
- 1.5
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 341
- 26 over 315 places · 108%
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 7.3%
- First language not English
- 34.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered” went to a home 0.96 mi (1.55 km) from the school. Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Redbridge Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 44 places were offered; 64% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 44 | 66 | 1.5▲ | 64% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 44 | 65 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 55 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 45 | 59 | 1.3▲ | 71% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 44 | 65 | 1.5▲ | 66% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.96 mi1.55 km | |
| Reception – Distance: On time distance applications offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.71 mi1.15 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 33% 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 | |||
| ▲87% | 62% | ||
| ▲33% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Wells Primary School on 22 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 22 Oct 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2014Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Mar 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
94% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (141 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 94%
- Replies
- 141
- 41% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied
based on 27 parents (19%) with SEND