Clore Tikva School
General Information
- Address: 115 Fullwell Avenue, Barkingside, Ilford, IG6 2JN – View on map
- Phone: 02085511097
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Leigh Wertheim
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 9 families put it first for 11 places – 8 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 11 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 6 · 2026 8
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Jewish
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 34
- % eligible for free school meals: 11.8%
- Pupil mix: 6 in 10 (less mixed than the Redbridge average)
- English as an additional language: 20% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 13.5% a year (Redbridge 16.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 27% moved to another school, 73% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Redbridge: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 6 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Redbridge, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 19.6%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.5%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 7.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 8 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Other difficulty or disability: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2020 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 76% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 8% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Redbridge average (75%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Above (3-year average 75% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 75%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 90% · Writing 84% · Maths 82% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 88%
- Average test scores: reading 107, maths 107
- Based on: 50 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 28th of 54 junior and primary schools in the area
- #26Gearies Primary School78%
- #27Mossford Green Primary School77%
- =28Clore Tikva School76%
- =28Downshall Primary School76%
- =28Uphall Primary School76%
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11th of 36 primary schools in Redbridge for Ofsted rating
- #9Chadwell Primary SchoolGood
- #10Christchurch Primary SchoolGood
- #11Clore Tikva SchoolGood
- #12Coppice Primary SchoolGood
- #13Cranbrook Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,961 (2024-25)
3rd of 47 primary schools in Redbridge for spending per pupil
- #1Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School£9,414
- #2St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy£9,099
- #3Clore Tikva School£8,961
- #4Roding Primary School£8,722
- #5Coppice Primary School£8,360
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