Highlands Primary School

Redbridge · IG1 3LE

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 676 pupils, 13.8% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted: Outstanding

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Highlands Primary School

General Information

Address: Highlands Gardens, Ilford, IG1 3LE – View on map
Phone: 02085540044
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Dr Kulvarn Atwal
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 98 families put it first for 88 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 88 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 13 · 2024 11 · 2025 10 · 2026 11
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

676 pupils out of 630 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 93
% eligible for free school meals: 13.8%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Redbridge average)
English as an additional language: 56% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 15.9% a year (Redbridge 16.3%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 15% moved to another school, 85% 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

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

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: 6.3%
Persistently absent pupils: 17.7%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.0%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 44 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 15 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 11 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Outstanding 2019 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 21% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 12 percentage points above the Redbridge average (75%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 80% against an expected 68%)
3-year average (expected standard): 80%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 93% · Maths 89% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 83%
Average test scores: reading 108, maths 108
Based on: 82 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

This schoolRedbridge averageEngland↗ Improving Up 16 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 12 percentage points above the Redbridge average (75%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 10th of 54 junior and primary schools in the area

=8Aldersbrook Primary School90%
=10Cleveland Road Primary School87%
=10Highlands Primary School87%
=10Wells Primary School87%
=13Fullwood Primary School86%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Wanstead Church School96%
#2St Bede's Catholic Primary School95%
=3Gordon Primary School94%
=3Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School94%
#5Woodford Green Primary School93%
#6Ark Isaac Newton Academy92%
#7Churchfields Junior School91%
=8Aldborough Primary School90%
=8Aldersbrook Primary School90%
=10Cleveland Road Primary School87%
=10Highlands Primary School87%
=10Wells Primary School87%
=13Fullwood Primary School86%
=13Loxford School86%
#15Avanti Court Primary School83%
#16Parkhill Junior School82%
#17Atam Academy81%
=18Farnham Green Primary School80%
=18Seven Kings School80%
=18SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School80%
=21Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School79%
=21Christchurch Primary School79%
=21Glade Primary School79%
=21Grove Primary School79%
=21Nightingale Primary School79%
#26Gearies Primary School78%
#27Mossford Green Primary School77%
=28Clore Tikva School76%
=28Downshall Primary School76%
=28Uphall Primary School76%
=31Gilbert Colvin Primary School75%
=31Goodmayes Primary School75%
=31Snaresbrook Primary School75%
=31Winston Way Academy75%
#35Ray Lodge Primary School73%
=36Fairlop Primary School72%
=36Redbridge Primary School72%
=36St Antony's Catholic Primary School72%
=39Cranbrook Primary School70%
=39Oakdale Junior School70%
=39Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary School70%
=42Barley Lane Primary School68%
=42Coppice Primary School68%
=42South Park Primary School68%
#45Mayespark Primary School65%
#46William Torbitt Primary School64%
#47Newbury Park Primary School61%
=48Chadwell Primary School60%
=48Roding Primary School60%
=50John Bramston Primary School58%
=50Manford Primary School58%
=50St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy58%
#53St Augustine's Catholic Primary School53%
#54Woodlands Primary School51%

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4th of 36 primary schools in Redbridge for Ofsted rating

#2Fullwood Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Grove Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Highlands Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary SchoolGood
#6Aldborough Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Cleveland Road Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Fullwood Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Grove Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Highlands Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary SchoolGood
#6Aldborough Primary SchoolGood
#7Avanti Court Primary SchoolGood
#8Barley Lane Primary SchoolGood
#9Chadwell Primary SchoolGood
#10Christchurch Primary SchoolGood
#11Clore Tikva SchoolGood
#12Coppice Primary SchoolGood
#13Cranbrook Primary SchoolGood
#14Fairlop Primary SchoolGood
#15Farnham Green Primary SchoolGood
#16Gilbert Colvin Primary SchoolGood
#17Glade Primary SchoolGood
#18Goodmayes Primary SchoolGood
#19Gordon Primary SchoolGood
#20John Bramston Primary SchoolGood
#21Manford Primary SchoolGood
#22Mayespark Primary SchoolGood
#23Mossford Green Primary SchoolGood
#24Nightingale Primary SchoolGood
#25Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary SchoolGood
#26Redbridge Primary SchoolGood
#27Snaresbrook Primary SchoolGood
#28South Park Primary SchoolGood
#29St Aidan's Catholic Primary AcademyGood
#30St Antony's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#31St Augustine's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#32Wanstead Church SchoolGood
#33William Torbitt Primary SchoolGood
#34Winston Way AcademyGood
#35Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary SchoolGood
#36Woodford Green Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,046 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

22nd of 47 primary schools in Redbridge for spending per pupil

#20Aldersbrook Primary School£7,146
#21Chadwell Primary School£7,139
#22Highlands Primary School£7,046
#23South Park Primary School£7,030
#24Woodford Green Primary School£7,025

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#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
#6William Torbitt Primary School£8,265
#7Farnham Green Primary School£8,062
#8Gilbert Colvin Primary School£8,050
#9SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School£8,015
#10Cranbrook Primary School£7,889
#11Mayespark Primary School£7,871
#12Wanstead Church School£7,713
#13Woodlands Primary School£7,703
#14Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School£7,662
#15Gordon Primary School£7,656
#16Manford Primary School£7,534
#17Winston Way Academy£7,426
#18Uphall Primary School£7,421
#19Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School£7,360
#20Aldersbrook Primary School£7,146
#21Chadwell Primary School£7,139
#22Highlands Primary School£7,046
#23South Park Primary School£7,030
#24Woodford Green Primary School£7,025
#25Downshall Primary School£6,971
#26Grove Primary School£6,945
#27St Augustine's Catholic Primary School£6,902
#28Cleveland Road Primary School£6,876
#29John Bramston Primary School£6,871
#30Goodmayes Primary School£6,797
#31Barley Lane Primary School£6,784
#32Fairlop Primary School£6,697
#33Glade Primary School£6,664
#34Wells Primary School£6,632
#35Snaresbrook Primary School£6,626
#36Fullwood Primary School£6,583
#37Ray Lodge Primary School£6,560
#38St Bede's Catholic Primary School£6,526
#39Gearies Primary School£6,504
#40Christchurch Primary School£6,484
#41Redbridge Primary School£6,468
#42Mossford Green Primary School£6,401
#43Aldborough Primary School£6,370
#44St Antony's Catholic Primary School£6,334
#45Newbury Park Primary School£6,183
#46Nightingale Primary School£6,135
#47Avanti Court Primary School£4,811

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