Gilbert Colvin Primary School

Gilbert Colvin Primary is a warm, calm and orderly school where pupils feel safe and valued. Inspectors found a broad and ambitious curriculum, strong early reading and phonics, consistent behaviour routines and a clear emphasis on personal development. Pupils with SEND are generally identified and supported well, work to improve attendance is having a positive impact, and leadership, governance and staff support are strong. Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe, valued and engaged in a warm, welcoming environment
• Clear routines and shared expectations create a calm and orderly school
• High expectations for learning are realised through a broad and ambitious curriculum
• Pupils achieve well and show enthusiasm for learning
• Early reading and phonics teaching build confidence and fluency
• Pupils with SEND are generally identified accurately and supported well
• Behaviour is managed through a supportive and consistent approach
• Attendance work with families is successful and beginning to improve attendance
• Personal development is promoted through assemblies, British values and discussions
• Cultural trips and extra-curricular activities broaden pupils’ understanding
• Leaders and governors have a clear vision and understanding of strengths and priorities
• Staff receive appropriate training, mentoring and support, with well-being considered
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment is not used effectively enough in some foundation subjects to identify and close gaps in pupils’ knowledge
• Some adaptations to teaching for pupils with gaps in learning are not fully effective
• Some pupils do not make as much progress through the curriculum as they could

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Gilbert Colvin Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.6% of pupils at Gilbert Colvin Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Gilbert Colvin Primary School had 22.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.1% of pupils at Gilbert Colvin Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.8% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Gilbert Colvin Primary School received £7,735 and spent £8,056 for each of its 334 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £92,000 (-£277 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Gilbert Colvin Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Gilbert Colvin Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2025.

When was Gilbert Colvin Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Gilbert Colvin Primary School was last inspected in March 2025.

How many pupils does Gilbert Colvin Primary School have?

Gilbert Colvin Primary School has 344 pupils on roll.

What age range does Gilbert Colvin Primary School cover?

Gilbert Colvin Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Gilbert Colvin Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Gilbert Colvin Primary School?

Gilbert Colvin Primary School is at Strafford Avenue, Ilford, Essex, IG5 0TL.