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Aldersbrook Primary School

Primary · London · E12 5HL

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Outstanding

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 3 December 2024

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At a glance

667 pupils · 99% of 677 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
18.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.aldersbrook.redbridge.sch.uk
URN
102823

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 96 families named it first for 89 Reception places, 1.08 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.123 miles; distance decided places in 5 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. At its inspection on 3 December 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.08 first-choice applications per place

89 places offered · 96 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.123 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

86 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
90%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
113
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school90%
Median of its 12 closest peers71%
Redbridge average75.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Glebe Primary SchoolUxbridge · 20 miles awayGood79%
Bricknell Primary SchoolHull · 153 miles awayOutstanding87%
Chipstead Valley Primary SchoolCoulsdon · 19 miles awayOutstanding67%
Mildmay Primary SchoolChelmsford · 21 miles awayGood57%
Fleetdown Primary AcademyDartford · 13 miles awayGood64%
Moulsham Junior SchoolChelmsford · 22 miles awayGood67%
Merryhills Primary SchoolEnfield · 9 miles awayStrong standard90%
All Saints Church of England Aided Junior SchoolFleet · 43 miles awayGood51%
Oak Lodge Primary SchoolWest Wickham · 13 miles awayGood (2019)73%
Hacton Primary SchoolHornchurch · 8 miles awayStrong standard83%
Paddox Primary SchoolRugby · 77 miles awayGood70%
Elvetham Heath Primary SchoolFleet · 43 miles awayOutstanding72%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 50% (Redbridge 11%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Redbridge 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Redbridge 13%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Redbridge 3%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 5% (Redbridge 18%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Redbridge 14%, England 2%) · Black African 4% (Redbridge 5%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 3% (Redbridge 15%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Redbridge 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Redbridge 7%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Redbridge 2%, England 3%) · White Irish 1% (Redbridge 0%, England 0%) · Not recorded 1% (Redbridge 2%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.90 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Redbridge: 0.89 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
20.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

2.9% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

75% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £53,761; 15.6% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,380
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (76%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £427,729; in-year balance +£2,143

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work42.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways16.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier68.5%62.3%
Social housing17.6%17.1%
Privately rented13.6%20.5%
Detached houses4.4%22.9%
Flats21.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms37.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van23.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003790 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£925,000161 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£1,207,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (12)£1,384,000
Semi-detached (39)£1,225,000
Terraced (64)£977,500
Flat (46)£335,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
5an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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