Downshall Primary School
Primary · Ilford · IG3 8UG
Not yet graded
No graded inspection outcome is available for this school under either the current or the previous framework. This is common for recently opened or converted schools.
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501 pupils · 80% of 630 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 29.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 95.2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.5% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 2.8% of pupils
- Nursery
- Yes
- Website
- www.downshallprimary.co.uk/
- URN
- 149520
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.90 first-choice applications per place49 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions cutoff distance: Reception
Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 1.213 miles
measured by shortest walking route.
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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
70 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.