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Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School

Primary · Ilford · IG6 3HB

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 24 September 2026

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At a glance

245 pupils · 69% of 354 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Jewish
Free school meals
10% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
30.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
6.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.wijps.co.uk
URN
102847

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 23 Reception places, 0.96 first choices per place. We hold 6 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2021 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.96 first-choice applications per place

23 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
70%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school70%
Median of its 12 closest peers71.5%
Redbridge average75.3%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolSittingbourne · 33 miles awayGood67%
Meadlands Primary SchoolRichmond · 21 miles awayStrong standard87%
Prospect Vale Primary SchoolCheadle · 157 miles awayGood65%
St Francis Catholic Primary School, BraintreeBraintree · 28 miles awayGood83%
St Catherine's Catholic Primary School, SwindonSwindon · 79 miles awayGood68%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, IpswichIpswich · 57 miles awayOutstanding75%
St Andrew's Church SchoolTaunton · 143 miles awayRequires improvement47%
St Alban's Catholic Primary SchoolHornchurch · 6 miles awayGood83%
St Dominic's Catholic Primary SchoolStone · 131 miles awayExceptional92%
Oldfield Brow Primary SchoolAltrincham · 162 miles awayGood69%
St Peter's Catholic Primary SchoolDoncaster · 142 miles awayNo current grade59%
St Teresa's Catholic Primary School, ColchesterColchester · 38 miles awayOutstanding74%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 49% (Redbridge 11%, England 60%) · Any other White background 18% (Redbridge 13%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Redbridge 4%, England 3%) · Black African 6% (Redbridge 5%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 4% (Redbridge 15%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Redbridge 2%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Redbridge 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Redbridge 14%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Redbridge 7%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Redbridge 18%, England 5%) · other groups together 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)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
20.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

99% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 1% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% 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)

53.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.6 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 £56,322; 7.1% 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£8,761
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (76%) · premises 9% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 3% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£90,103; in-year balance -£142,734

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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)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work29.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.6%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier60.5%62.3%
Social housing13.9%17.1%
Privately rented25.5%20.5%
Detached houses12.6%22.9%
Flats20.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms25.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van20.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003700 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£498,000248 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£409,500–£571,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (17)£710,000
Semi-detached (62)£505,000
Terraced (123)£510,000
Flat (46)£311,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
7an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
56an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
7an 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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