Ilford County High School

Redbridge · IG6 2JB

General information Secondary School · 11-18 years Who goes here 1115 pupils, 13.4% FSM

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Parent score Rate this school No reviews yet - be the first SEN 5.5% on SEN support Behaviour Data received Staff 16.2% turnover Financials £7,283 per pupil Environment Buildings and facilities

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Cooperative 70 /100

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Ilford County High School

General Information

Address: Fremantle Road, Barkingside, Ilford, IG6 2JB – View on map
Phone: 02085516496
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Gavin Barnett
Age range: 11-18 years
Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 258 families put it first for 179 places – 14 for every 10 places. 57% of them were offered a place. 43 of the 179 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 17 · 2024 14 · 2025 18 · 2026 14
Sixth form: Yes
Intake: Boys
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

1115 pupils out of 850 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 120
% eligible for free school meals: 13.4%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Redbridge average)
English as an additional language: 61% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 16.2% a year (Redbridge 20.1%, typical in England 15.5%)
Where they went: about 59% moved to another school, 41% 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.

Supply and cover teaching

Classes taught mainly by supply or cover staff for half a term or more: 61
Teaching posts vacant or only temporarily filled during the year: 5
Days of supply or agency teacher cover: 90
Data year: 2025/26 (from the school, under Freedom of Information)

Government figures only count teachers on contracts of 28 days or more, so a class covered by a run of supply teachers doesn't show up in them – which is why we ask schools directly.

Behaviour

Data received 2025/26

About this Behaviour status

Real figures are in below, but not enough other schools of this type have reported yet to rank this one against peers.

Reading the numbers: higher figures below often mean a school records thoroughly and takes concerns seriously, rather than more incidents happening. A school reporting unusually low figures sometimes has a reporting gap rather than a problem-free intake. If a figure stands out, it's worth asking the school how it records.

Data year: 2025/26
Bullying incidents: <5
Physical aggression / violence incidents: 7
Child protection referrals: 5
Safeguarding concerns: 300
Racist incidents: 17
Suspensions (fixed-term exclusions): 20
Permanent exclusions: 0
Sexual harassment or sexual violence between pupils (recorded incidents): <5 (led to a suspension or exclusion: <5; referred to social care or police: <5) – a higher number can mean a school takes reports seriously and records them carefully

See the bullying figures for every school in Redbridge →

Figures may show "<5" for some schools.

What does "<5" mean?

A figure shown as "<5" means the real number is below 5 - the standard convention for this kind of data, used to avoid identifying individual pupils. Different schools may also record and define incidents differently, so read comparisons with care.

Across Redbridge: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 66 (2.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 2
Suspensions for bullying: 32 (1.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state secondary 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: 5.5%
Persistently absent pupils: 13.1%
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: 5.5%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 23 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 12 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 12 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Hearing impairment: 4 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 4 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Other difficulty or disability: 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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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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This score reflects how openly the school responded to our Freedom of Information request. Schools that withhold information are rated lower — even the act of hiding data tells parents something about a school’s openness.

Response: Full response (+60)
Timeliness: Response date not recorded (+10)
Optional data: No optional data (+0)

Exemplary (80–100) · Cooperative (60–79) · Reluctant (40–59) · Obstructive (20–39) · Opaque (0–19)

Educational Attainment

Ofsted report card January 2026

Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.

Safeguarding Met
Inclusion Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching Strong standard
Achievement Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
Sixth form (post-16) Strong standard
Leadership and governance Strong standard

Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.

How Ofsted report cards work

Since November 2025, Ofsted grades each area of a school on its own five-point scale, and no longer gives a single word like “Good” or “Outstanding”. Safeguarding (keeping children safe) is simply met or not met.

Exceptional The very best practice nationally
Strong standard Above what Ofsted expects
Expected standard What Ofsted expects of every school
Needs attention Some weaknesses the school needs to fix
Urgent improvement Serious weaknesses needing urgent action

“Expected standard” is a sound result – it's what Ofsted expects a good school to do. Report cards aren't directly comparable with the old single grades, which is why we don't turn them into one.

Attainment 8 score: 75.7
Compared with the area: 22.3 points above the Redbridge average (53.4)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: not compared – selective (grammar) school - chooses pupils by ability
Grade 4+ in English and maths: 99% (Redbridge 77%, England 65%) Broadly steady
Data year: 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

GCSE results over time

This schoolRedbridge averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 22.3 points above the Redbridge average (53.4).

About the Attainment 8 score

Attainment 8 measures a pupil's average result across 8 GCSE-equivalent qualifications (English and maths count double). It shows how pupils performed, not how much progress they made getting there - a school with a higher score doesn't necessarily add more value, since pupils often arrive with different starting points. Progress 8 is the measure designed to account for that, but it currently can't be calculated for any school for the two most recent academic years, due to a nationwide gap in the data caused by COVID-19 disruption to Key Stage 2 testing.

1st of 18 secondary schools in Redbridge for Attainment 8

#1Ilford County High School75.7
#2Valentines High School59.3
#3Seven Kings School57.3

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Attainment 8 ranking

Illustrative MVP scores - not based on verified data yet.

Rank School Score

#1Ilford County High School75.7
#2Valentines High School59.3
#3Seven Kings School57.3
#4Atam Academy57.2
#5Ark Isaac Newton Academy56.7
#6Trinity Catholic High School56.3
#7The Ursuline Academy Ilford56.1
#8Loxford School54.4
#9Wanstead High School54.1
#10Chadwell Heath Academy53.7
#11Oaks Park High School53.5
#12Woodbridge High School52.2
#13Beal High School52.0
#14The Palmer Catholic Academy48.8
#15King Solomon High School46.8
#16Mayfield School45.0
#17Caterham High School44.3
#18Forest Academy42.2

Leaver Destinations

In education, employment, or training a year later: 98.0%
Went into further education: 98.0%
Data year: 2024/25

About leaver destinations

This shows where a school's Year 11 leavers were recorded the following year - in a "sustained" destination means in education, an apprenticeship, or employment for at least 6 months, not just enrolled briefly. It's a different picture from exam results alone, and can highlight schools that support pupils well beyond just their GCSE grades.

GCSE Subjects Offered

English Language
Maths (General)
Physics (General)
English Literature
Chemistry (General)
Biology
Religious Studies
Spanish
Geography
D & T
Computer Science
Sports Studies
History
Psychology (General)
French Language
Food Technology
Art & Design
Music Studies (General)
Chinese
Gujarati
Statistics

About this subject list

This isn't the school's own description of its curriculum - it's real DfE exam entry data, showing which GCSE subjects this school's pupils were actually entered for in 2024/25. A subject not appearing here may still be taught but had no pupils entered that year, so treat this as a helpful guide rather than a complete guarantee - it's worth confirming directly with the school for the year your child would actually study.

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,283 (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.

16th of 18 secondary schools in Redbridge for spending per pupil

#14Seven Kings School£7,508
#15Ark Isaac Newton Academy£7,353
#16Ilford County High School£7,283
#17Atam Academy£6,875
#18Beal High School£6,655

Click to see the full ranking

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

#1Caterham High School£10,774
#2King Solomon High School£9,375
#3Forest Academy£9,346
#4Mayfield School£8,387
#5The Palmer Catholic Academy£8,203
#6Oaks Park High School£8,181
#7The Ursuline Academy Ilford£8,150
#8Valentines High School£7,985
#9Chadwell Heath Academy£7,978
#10Wanstead High School£7,920
#11Loxford School£7,844
#12Woodbridge High School£7,619
#13Trinity Catholic High School£7,513
#14Seven Kings School£7,508
#15Ark Isaac Newton Academy£7,353
#16Ilford County High School£7,283
#17Atam Academy£6,875
#18Beal High School£6,655

View on the Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool (GOV.UK)

Environment

Data received 2025/26

About this Environment status

Based on real information requested under Freedom of Information, covering step-free access, specialist facilities, classroom climate, and technology provision.

Accessibility

Step-free for pupils, staff and visitors: No
Overall accessibility: Mostly
Lifts for pupil use: Yes
Accessible toilets: Yes
Changing Places facility: Yes
Sensory room: Yes
Other accessibility facilities: Yes

Climate

Classrooms with air conditioning: 8.3%
Mechanical ventilation: Yes - some classrooms
Air cooling units: No
Shaded outdoor areas: Yes
Heatwave procedures: Yes - written procedure

Technology

Pupil devices (approx.): 389
Pupils per device: 4:1
Digital display in every classroom: Yes
Interactive whiteboards: No
1:1 pupil device programme: No
Coding / robotics equipment: Yes - Visual Studio
Assistive technology for SEND pupils: Yes - Laptops, iPads, AV1 Robot

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General Information

Who goes here

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Supply and cover teaching

Behaviour

Across Redbridge: suspensions by reason

Attendance

SEN

Most common needs - SEN Support

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Educational Attainment

Attainment 8 ranking

Leaver Destinations ?

GCSE Subjects Offered ?

Financials

Spending Per Pupil ranking

Environment

Accessibility

Climate

Technology

Leaver Destinations

GCSE Subjects Offered