Aldersbrook Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Redbridge·E12 5HL
Composite score
84.2
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National rank
#179
In London
#8
In Redbridge
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
90%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
113.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
86%
96 first choices, 89 places
First choices per place
1.08
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
301
any preference, for 89 places
Applications from another council area
42%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.52
1 per place
1.2820221.4620231.3920241.1220251.082026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Aldersbrook Primary School yet. Redbridge does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
664
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
18.2%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,146
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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School overview

Aldersbrook Primary School is a primary school serving London, Redbridge, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 664 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 90% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 18.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 112 in reading and 113 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Aldersbrook Primary School is oversubscribed: about 9 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 96 first choices for 89 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.0%. There are about 18.4 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Aldersbrook Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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