Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School is a voluntary aided modern orthodox Jewish primary school. Inspectors found it to be a happy, welcoming and inclusive community where pupils feel safe, behave exceptionally well and attend regularly. Safeguarding requirements are met. Pupils achieve well: outcomes in Year 6 national tests are consistently in line with or above national averages, including for disadvantaged pupils, and the curriculum gives appropriate priority to reading, writing and mathematics while offering breadth. Leadership is committed and reflective, governance is effective, and parents speak very highly of the school. Most areas of provision are secure, but the report identifies early years as the main current priority. Leaders have already begun strengthening early years practice, particularly around high-quality interactions and matching support to children's needs, but these improvements are at an early stage and not yet fully embedded. Across the wider school, checking of pupils' learning and adaptive teaching are not consistently precise enough, meaning some pupils, especially those with barriers to learning, do not deepen or secure their knowledge as well as they could. Support for pupils with SEND is generally effective but not uniformly strong in every classroom. Overall, the school is performing strongly in attendance, behaviour and personal development, with achievement, curriculum, inclusion and leadership at expected standards. The next steps focus on embedding early years improvements, making assessment checks consistently useful, and developing adaptive teaching across all year groups.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, feel safe and trust staff to listen and help.
• Attendance is high because leaders, staff and families work effectively together.
• Behaviour in lessons and around the school is excellent.
• Pupils show kindness, respect and consideration towards one another and adults.
• Pupils' attainment in Year 6 national tests is consistently in line with or above national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils make secure progress and perform above national averages.
• Reading is taught systematically through the school's phonics programme.
• Leaders have improved the range and quality of reading books.
• Staff receive regular professional development to strengthen subject knowledge and teaching.
• Leaders identify additional needs early and work closely with families and professionals.
• The school's specialist provision helps pupils with more complex needs develop communication, confidence and independence.
• Leaders use additional funding appropriately so disadvantaged pupils can take part fully in school life.
• Governors provide effective support and challenge and oversee resources carefully.
• Parents hold the school in very high regard and value strong communication.
• Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, visits, performances, sports and residential trips.
• Pupils learn how to stay physically and mentally healthy and safe online.
• Pupils develop confidence, resilience and a strong sense of responsibility.
• Safeguarding standards are met.

Areas for Improvement

• Early years provision requires attention; recent improvements are at an early stage and not yet fully embedded.
• Checks on pupils' learning are not used consistently enough to identify gaps and inform teaching.
• Adaptive teaching is not fully consistent across all year groups.
• In some lessons, support does not sufficiently promote independence or respond precisely to pupils' individual barriers.
• Pupils with SEND do not all make equally secure progress where classroom adaptations are not closely matched to their needs.
• Support for pupils with additional needs is not fully consistent across the school.
• Some pupils do not deepen or secure their learning as effectively as they could because assessment practice is inconsistent.
• Early years support is not always matched precisely enough to children's individual needs.

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 Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School attended 95.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 8.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Wohl Ilford Jewish 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 Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School had 18.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.9% 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, 7.8% of pupils at Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.9% 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 Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School received £8,132 and spent £8,761 for each of its 227 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £90,000 (-£397 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 Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School is Needs attention, from an inspection in September 2026.

When was Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School was last inspected in September 2026.

How many pupils does Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School have?

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School has 245 pupils on roll.

What age range does Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School cover?

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 70% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School?

Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School is at Forest Road, Ilford, Essex, IG6 3HB.