Seven Kings School

All-through · Community school · Mixed · Redbridge

Ley Street, Ilford, IG2 7BT

Website 02085548935

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Improved significantly

No graded inspection

Application demand

71%

1st preference success · Oversubscribed

Attendance

94.1%

13.6% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

2,189

Capacity used

Nearly full

98%

2,240 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Oversubscribed

71%

1st preference success rate

117 of 164 families who put it first got an offer

120

Places offered

469

Total applications

3.9

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)	Applications	Offers	Success
1st preference	164	117	● 71%
2nd preference	149	2	● 1%
3rd preference	65	1	● 2%
Later preferences (4th–6th)	91	0	● 0%
Total	469	120	26%

1st preference success by year

66%

2020

76%

2021

66%

2022

65%

2023

68%

2024

71%

2025

Redbridge lets families list 6 preferences. 22 applications came from outside the council area (2 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type: Community school
Phase: All-through
Age range: 4–18
Gender: Mixed
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Sixth form: Yes
Nursery: No Nursery Classes
Boarding: No boarders
Headteacher: Jane Waters
Address: Ley Street, Ilford, IG2 7BT
Phone: 02085548935
Local authority: Redbridge
Ward / constituency: Newbury · Ilford South
Area: Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN: 102856

Gov.uk school record Performance tables

Pupils

Measure	School	LA	England
Free school meals	20%	—	—
English as additional language	68%	—	—
SEN support	8%	—	—

53% boys (1150)47% girls (1039)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

2,189 pupils · 2,240 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

25
24 April 2025
Ungraded inspection
Improved significantly

View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,647 pupils

Attendance

94.1%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

5.9%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

13.6%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

0.7%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.2%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

20/21

16%

21/22

17%

22/23

12%

23/24

14%

24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

Measure	School	LA	England
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths	87%	—	—
Higher standard	18%	—	—
Reading progress	—	—	0.0
Writing progress	—	—	0.0
Maths progress	—	—	0.0

GCSE results

Measure	School	LA	England
Attainment 8 score	64.1	—	—
Progress 8 score	1.12	—	0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths	83%	—	—
Grade 4+ in English & maths	91%	—	—
EBacc average point score	5.60	—	—

Progress 8 band

Well below

5% of schools

Below

26% of schools

Average

43% of schools

Above

21% of schools

Well above

5% of schools

A-level results

Measure	School	LA	England
Average points per entry	34.77	—	—

Average grade: C+ (England B-)

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard80%

+18% vs England

Higher standard22%

+14% vs England

Reading

Expected standard88%

+13% vs England

Higher standard61%

+28% vs England

Average score109

+3 vs England

Writing

Expected standard83%

+11% vs England

Greater depth23%

+10% vs England

Maths

Expected standard90%

+16% vs England

Higher standard63%

+37% vs England

Average score111

+6 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard93%

+20% vs England

Higher standard63%

+33% vs England

Average score111

+6 vs England

Science

Expected standard88%

+6% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)	80%	61%
Higher standard	22%	8%

GCSE results over time

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Attainment 8	57.3	46
Grade 5+ English & maths	70.5%	46%
Grade 4+ English & maths	86.9%	65%
Entering EBacc	30.1%	40%
EBacc average point score	4.95	4.1
Pupils in cohort	176	—

How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)

Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.

Disadvantaged pupils

+0.91

Other pupils

+1.15

Low prior attainers

+2.08

Middle prior attainers

+1.45

High prior attainers

+0.46

Girls

+1.37

Boys

+0.86

A-level results over time

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

Result	School	England (approx.)
Average points per entry	37.84	35
Average grade	B-	—
AAB or better (2 facilitating)	17.6%	17%
A-level students	222	—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

Subject	Entries	Grade 7+	Grade 5+	Grade 4+
English Language	175	26%	70%	85%
English Literature	175	35%	76%	93%
Mathematics	172	41%	80%	91%
Combined Science	125	19%	59%	74%
Business	87	36%	78%	91%
Geography	78	36%	71%	77%
History	67	39%	70%	82%
Design & Technology	62	31%	71%	81%
Computer Science	49	31%	71%	88%
Biology	47	53%	94%	100%
Physics	47	51%	94%	98%
Chemistry	47	60%	94%	100%

A level

Subject	Entries	A*	A*–A	A*–B
Mathematics	153	8%	42%	62%
Chemistry	88	1%	23%	47%
Economics	78	5%	29%	68%
Biology	73	1%	25%	52%
Physics	46	7%	20%	43%
Computer Science	43	7%	35%	79%
Psychology	40	5%	28%	65%
English Literature	31	3%	19%	58%
Sociology	27	30%	56%	89%
Government and Politics	20	20%	50%	90%
History	19	0%	16%	63%
Religious Studies	16	6%	25%	56%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

No Cambridge offers this year

UCAS apply centre 10695: Seven Kings School

Cambridge admissions¹	2025
Applications	7
Offers	0
Success rate	0%
Accepted offers	0

¹ Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

² Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

Measure	School	LA	England
Higher education (university)	79%	—	—
Apprenticeships	3%	—	—
Any education or training	79%	—	—

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Redbridge council, not the school.

Entry	Deadline	Offer day
Reception (primary)	15 January	16 April (or next working day)
Year 7 (secondary)	31 October	1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.