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Ray Lodge Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Academy
Snakes Lane East, Woodford Green IG8 7JQ · raylodgeprimary.co.uk · 020 8504 7301
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Feb 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 73%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Redbridge 75%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.81 mi
- 1.31 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered · Redbridge Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 674
- 44 over 630 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 25.5%
- First language not English
- 50.9%
- 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 0.81 mi (1.31 km) from the school. Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Redbridge Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 94 families put the school first and 90 places were offered; 83% 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 | 90 | 94 | 1▲ | 83% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 89 | 91 | 1▲ | 88% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 89 | 111 | 1.2▲ | 75% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 86 | 85 | 1 | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 89 | 91 | 1▲ | 89% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.81 mi1.31 km | |
| Reception – Distance: On time distance applications offered | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.79 mi1.28 km | |
| Reception – Distance | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 0.80 mi1.28 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲73% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 131305)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Ray Lodge Primary School on 24 February 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 24 Feb 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Remains Outstanding, ungraded inspection, Oct 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2021Ungraded inspectionRemains Outstanding
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jun 2016Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Mar 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (73 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Positive
- 63%
- Replies
- 73
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on 20 parents (27%) whose child was bullied
based on 19 parents (26%) with SEND