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The Palmer Catholic Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Aldborough Road South, Seven Kings, Ilford IG3 8EU · tpc.academy · 020 8590 3808

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Overview

Ofsted
Report card
Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
GCSEs, 2024/25
48.8
average Attainment 8 score. Redbridge 53.9, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Redbridge Council
Demand for places
0.6
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,132
96% of 1,174 places
Local authority
Redbridge
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
33.3%
First language not English
42.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Redbridge Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 120 families put the school first and 186 places were offered; 99% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 100 (Places 187)100September 2023: 76 (Places 188)76September 2024: 97 (Places 175)97September 2025: 77 (Places 161)77September 2026: 120 (Places 186)120Places 186
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261861200.699%
September 2025Sept 2025161770.599%
September 2024Sept 2024175970.6100%
September 2023Sept 2023188760.4100%
September 2022Sept 20221871000.597%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.8, and 47.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Redbridge it was 53.9, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (30.9 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 49.0 (England 46.3)49.02017/18: 52.8 (England 46.5)52.82018/19: 53.9 (England 46.7)53.92021/22: 52.4 (England 48.8)52.42022/23: 54.8 (England 46.3)54.82023/24: 50.4 (England 45.9)50.42024/25: 48.8 (England 46.0)48.8England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲48.846.0
●47.4%45.4%
▲74.0%64.8%
●40.1%40.5%
▲4.394.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form60.9−8.8
Sixth form college6+0.9
Further education25+3.9
Apprenticeship1.1—
Not in a lasting destination4.9+1.5
Activity not captured2.2+1.6

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.5 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 30.6 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 28.1 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 28.2 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 34.0 (England 37.9)C+2022/23: 28.9 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 31.1 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 30.9 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
106 studentsC (30.9)Average -0.11
106 studentsC (30.9)Average -0.11
9.4%AAB or better
98.2%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24110C (31.1)+0.23
2022/2398C (28.9)—
2021/22131C+ (34)—
2018/1991C- (28.2)-0.02
2017/1888C- (28.1)+0.03
2016/1769C (30.6)+0.28
2015/1689C (29.5)+0.16

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University70.4−5.5
Apprenticeship4.3+2.1
Employment14.8+9
Not in a lasting destination4.3−3
Activity not captured6.1+1

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected The Palmer Catholic Academy on 3 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.

Inspected
3 Feb 2026
Report card
Safeguarding
Met

Inspection reports

Graded areas

InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and well-beingNeeds attention
Post-16 provisionNeeds attention
Leadership and governanceExpected standard

Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2022

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Jan 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2012Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
  • May 2007Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement

What parents said

81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (37 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
81%
Positive
67%
Replies
37
3% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼78% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▼75% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved▼71% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▼73% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▼67% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▼65% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼66% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 86% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲66% agreeEngland 43%

based on 9 parents (24%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼50% agreeEngland 63%

based on 2 parents (5%) with SEND

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