Christchurch Primary School

Community school·Primary school Ilford, Redbridge·IG1 4LQ
Composite score
67.7
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#2,123
National rank
#548
In London
#26
In Redbridge
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
112.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
91 first choices, 113 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
253
any preference, for 113 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.01
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Christchurch Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
1,117
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
87.9%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
6.5%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.9%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,484
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Christchurch Primary School at a glance

Located in Ilford, Redbridge, Christchurch Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 1,117 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 79% 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 fallen by 4.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 112 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Christchurch Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 113 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 23.7 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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