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SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 338 pupils Ilford
Ofsted: Good
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SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Redbridge for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 338 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School. In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Ofsted inspection: November 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Gordon Road
Ilford
Essex
IG1 1SA
Phone 02084781267
Reference Number 147340

General Makeup

Number of pupils 338
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 52.96%
Girls: 47.04%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 29.7%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 58.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 24.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 19 14 33
2 28 17 45
3 28 27 55
4 31 17 48
5 26 23 49
6 19 26 45

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Indian 25.1%
African 17.5%
Pakistani 11.5%
White, Other 10.9%
Asian, Other 6.8%
White, British 5.3%
Caribbean 5.3%
White & Asian 2.4%
Mixed, Other 2.4%
White & Black (African) 2.1%
Unclassified 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.6%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School, inspected in May 2018.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date 08 Oct 2024 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
08 Oct 2024 School inspection
07 Sep 2019 Academy conversion letter
17 May 2018 Short inspection
Previously as SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School
15 Jul 2014 Full inspection:
14 Dec 2012 Monitoring visit
09 Oct 2012 Full inspection:
07 Jan 2011 Interim assessment
11 Mar 2008 Full inspection:
01 Mar 2004 Full inspection

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 80%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 18%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 108
Maths 109

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 2.6
Writing 2.1
Maths 4.6

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Average Scaled Score

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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 13 1
Third Preference 9 0
From another Local Authority 4 2

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School had 332 pupils for 420 places. 88 places (21.0%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Reception intake in the “South and East Primary” planning area

Redbridge counted 1,800 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 1,762 in 2029–30, down 2%.

20212022202320242025
Places 420420420420420
Pupils 392375392365332
Unfilled 6.7%10.7%6.7%13.1%21.0%

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 SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20212022202320242025
Authorised absence 3.5%3.3%4.0%3.4%3.9%
Unauthorised absence 0.7%1.6%1.0%1.0%1.5%
Severely absent pupils 0.3%2.0%0.0%0.5%0.9%

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 SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 0.20.72.01.00.30.0
Permanent exclusions 000000

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 SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School had 21.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 10.710.711.511.712.710.912.0
Teachers who left state teaching 11.8%14.8%0.0%15.4%0.0%11.8%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –29.6%4.2%37.5%40.9%45.0%–
Sick days per teacher –2.70.30.91.52.1–

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, 16.9% of pupils at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 23 12
Social, emotional and mental health 21 0
No specialist assessment of need 6 0
Specific learning difficulty 4 1
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 1
Hearing impairment 1 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0
Physical disability 0 1
Severe learning difficulty 0 1

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 2024–25 SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School received £8,116 and spent £8,134 for each of its 341 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £189,000 (£556 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust, income was £8,234 and spending £8,332 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

20212022202320242025
Revenue reserve £351,000£340,000£205,000£192,000£189,000
per pupil £838£874£505£498£556
In-year balance -£41,000-£149,000-£190,000-£36,000-£6,000
per pupil -£99-£383-£468-£95-£18

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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0.12 miles
Winston Way Academy
Winston Way, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2WS
0.28 miles
South Park Primary School
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0.45 miles
Cleveland Road Primary School
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0.59 miles
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0.59 miles
Christchurch Primary School
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0.61 miles
Woodlands Primary School
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0.64 miles
Mayespark Primary School
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0.83 miles
Aldborough Primary School
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0.94 miles
Downshall Primary School
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0.95 miles
Uphall Primary School
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0.95 miles
Apex Primary School
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0.98 miles
Eastcourt Independent School
1 Eastwood Road, Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex, IG3 8UW
1.13 miles
Sheringham Nursery School & Children's Centre
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1.19 miles
Dersingham Primary School
Dersingham Avenue, Manor Park, London, Manor Park, Dersingham Avenue, London, E12 5QJ
1.21 miles
Newbury Park Primary School
Perryman's Farm Road, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex, IG2 7LB
1.23 miles
Sheringham Primary School
Sheringham Avenue, Manor Park, London, E12 5PB
1.23 miles
Manor Junior School
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG
1.23 miles
Manor Primary School
40 Scholars Way, Dagenham, RM8 2FL
1.23 miles
Goodmayes Primary School
Castleton Road, Goodmayes, Ilford, Essex, IG3 9RW
1.26 miles
Name Distance
Oak House School
61 South Park Drive, ILFORD, Essex, IG3 9AB
0.3 miles
Ark Isaac Newton Academy
1 Cricklefield Place, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1FY
0.3 miles
The Palmer Catholic Academy
Aldborough Road South, Seven Kings, Ilford, Essex, IG3 8EU
0.53 miles
Loxford School
Loxford Lane, Ilford, Essex, IG1 2UT
0.61 miles
Seven Kings School
Ley Street, Ilford, Essex, IG2 7BT
0.72 miles
The Ursuline Academy Ilford
Morland Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 4JU
0.82 miles
Read Academy Education
34-38 Mansfield Road, Ilford, Essex, Ilford, Essex, IG1 3BD
0.93 miles
Endeavour House School
78 Goodmayes Lane, Ilford, IG3 9QA
0.94 miles
Al Madina School for Girls
Victoria Road, 2 (Annex Building), Barking, Essex, IG11 8PY
1.05 miles
Apex Secondary School for Girls
287 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4UA
1.06 miles
Apex Secondary School for Boys
287 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4UA
1.06 miles
Eastbury Community School
Hulse Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9UW
1.09 miles
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
Sandringham Road, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG
1.23 miles
Valentines High School
Cranbrook Road, Ilford, Essex, IG2 6HX
1.42 miles
Oaks Park High School
45-65 Oaks Lane, Newbury Park, Ilford, Essex, IG2 7PQ
1.42 miles
SENARP Vibe Independent School
195-211 Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 2UT
1.45 miles
Little Ilford School
Rectory Road, Manor Park, London, E12 6JB
1.48 miles
Mayfield School
Pedley Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM8 1XE
1.5 miles
Chadwell Heath Academy
Christie Gardens, Chadwell Heath, Romford, Essex, RM6 4RS
1.63 miles
Greatfields School
Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG
1.76 miles

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SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is part of The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

What is SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2018 of its predecessor, SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School.

When was SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in November 2024.

How many pupils does SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School have?

SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School cover?

SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 80% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?

SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is at Gordon Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1SA.

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