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Churchfields Infants' School

Primary · London · E18 2RB

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

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

Inspected 3 July 2024

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At a glance

429 pupils · 95% of 450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
5–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
29.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.churchfieldsinfant.com
URN
133936

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 172 families named it first for 119 Reception places, 1.45 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.582 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 6 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 3 July 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.45 first-choice applications per place

119 places offered · 172 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. Places by distance, last offered at 0.582 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.582 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

1 Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered
0.669 miles

Places are offered in the order printed above, Sibling: All on time sibling applications offered first and distance last. A wider figure under one of them is not a wider catchment: it is how far the school reached among children who already met that criterion, before distance decided anything. A child living closer than that figure, who met none of those criteria, was still offered a place only within the distance cutoff above.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 26% (Redbridge 11%, England 60%) · Any other White background 16% (Redbridge 13%, England 7%) · Asian Indian 13% (Redbridge 15%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 11% (Redbridge 18%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Redbridge 4%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Redbridge 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Redbridge 14%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 4% (Redbridge 7%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Black African 2% (Redbridge 5%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Redbridge 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Redbridge 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Redbridge 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Redbridge 0%, England 0%) · Any other Black background 1% (Redbridge 1%, 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)
3.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
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
27.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 8% 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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.7 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 £55,976; 13.6% 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£6,829
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £217,037; in-year balance +£82,810

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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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher56.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.3%18.1%
In managerial or professional work50.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier40.5%62.3%
Social housing9.7%17.1%
Privately rented49.6%20.5%
Detached houses1.9%22.9%
Flats77.1%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van36%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003674 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£587,500742 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£370,000–£811,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (24)£877,500
Semi-detached (169)£867,000
Terraced (232)£715,000
Flat (317)£360,000

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
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
12an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
83an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
16an 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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