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Christchurch Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Wellesley Road, Ilford IG1 4LQ · christchurchprimary.co.uk · 020 8478 5560
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- 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
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,084
- 94% of 1,154 places
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.2%
- First language not English
- 86.1%
- 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, 91 families put the school first and 113 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 | 113 | 91 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 135 | 108 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 148 | 130 | 0.9 | 92% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 151 | 151 | 1 | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 149 | 160 | 1.1▲ | 84% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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 | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
| ▲112 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Christchurch Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 1 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 1 Nov 2022
- 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: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
76% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (116 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 76%
- Replies
- 116
- 10% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (16%) with SEND