SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School, Ilford
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 in Ilford, part of The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in July 2014. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 7th-highest of the 33 schools in Ilford with published results, and 1,154th of 14,452 across England. It was 79% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- Above England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2014)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Redbridge (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School in detail
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School in its own words
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Vision and values (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 84% and 85% in Redbridge and 77% and 75% across England.
Results rose from 74% in reading and 80% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 24 families put SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 62 named it as one of their preferences, for 25 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School are Gordon Primary School (0.1 miles, Good, 97% reading, 97% maths); Winston Way Academy (0.3 miles, Good, 78% reading, 85% maths); South Park Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 75% reading, 85% maths); and Cleveland Road Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 91% reading, 94% maths).
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.
Gordon Primary SchoolWinston Way AcademySouth Park Primary SchoolCleveland Road Primary School
The trust
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is one of 8 schools run by The Good Shepherd Catholic Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's primary schools, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.
What parents say
21 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 95% would recommend the school, 95% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).
Who goes there
58.9% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are Asian (46%), Black (27%) and Mixed (8%).
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Seven Kings Station, about 930 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).
8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Buckingham Road Ilford, 110 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 831 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Redbridge (338), as is usual near a town centre.
Suspensions and exclusions
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School are Ark Isaac Newton Academy (0.3 miles), The Palmer Catholic Academy (0.5 miles), Loxford School (0.6 miles) and Seven Kings School (0.7 miles).
Ark Isaac Newton AcademyThe Palmer Catholic AcademyLoxford SchoolSeven Kings School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from July 2014, 12 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Latest (ungraded) inspection: The school has improved significantly.
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
The school successfully encourages pupils to be their best, excel academically and thrive personally. Pupils, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), achieve highly.
Pupils meet leaders' high expectations of their behaviour. Pupils are polite and think of others before themselves. They are safe in school and know that staff will deal swiftly with any concerns that they may have.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school provides a broad and rich curriculum for all pupils in the school. The curriculum focuses on key concepts, or 'golden threads', that pupils revisit to remember important knowledge. For example, the computing curriculum revisits programming, e-safety and computer networks across different year groups. The school constantly builds on its continued academic success. For example, it drives to refine further teachers' expertise and finesse the curriculum. This is reflected in the school's exceptionally high published academic outcomes for pupils in English, reading and mathematics.
Pupils have a strong understanding of the 'golden threads' in the curriculum. For example, pupils use their understanding of cause, consequence and chronology in history to explain the impact of the Great Fire of London, during the reign of King Charles II.
From Ofsted's October 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its July 2014 inspection - up from Requires Improvement.
Rated Good for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
27.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
21 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 74% to 90% (2024 to 2025). Maths has improved from 80% to 93% (2024 to 2025). Writing has remained stable at around 83% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
21.9
Avg class size
23.0
Infant (KS1)
24.7
KS2
14
Total classes
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Latest from SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School
Issue 4 - Newsletter 2nd October 2026
2 Oct 2026
Issue 3 - Newsletter 25th September 2026
25 Sep 2026
Issue 2 - Newsletter 18th September 2026
18 Sep 2026
Issue 1 - Newsletter 11th September 2026
11 Sep 2026
Issue 39 - Newsletter 17th July 2026
18 Jul 2026
Leavers' Mass - Tonight (16th July)
16 Jul 2026
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Social & online
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School.
- Kim's Little LegendzAt the school · Not yet graded
- Sunnyside Daycare and After School Club430m away · Ofsted: Good
- Kumon Ilford Lane440m away · Not yet graded
- Premier Tuition Ltd650m away · Not yet graded
- KIC@South Park Primary School750m away · Not yet graded
- Quantum Education750m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Redbridge's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
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Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 95
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 7
- Children hurt
- 10
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 95 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 88 slight.
10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 5 in a vehicle or otherwise.
19 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Redbridge is 56 (the median across 94 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
79%
Available places
332 pupils
420 places
88 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Ilford
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Ilford
Across Redbridge council
Places available
4,215
Applications
3,417
Got 1st preference
88.2%
Got preferred school
97.8%
All primary applications across Redbridge council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(2)
Ungraded inspection: The school has improved significantly.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
57
SEN Support
16
EHC Plans
21.6%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
338
Total Pupils
179
Boys
159
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
17
Teachers
19.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£59,999
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,866
Per pupil
£2195k
Total funding
£139k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
5.4%
Overall absence
14.7%
Persistent absence
340
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School
Questions parents ask about SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School
What are SATs results like at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
Of the pupils at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 90% reached the expected standard in reading and 93% did so in maths.
What is SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in July 2014, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, Redbridge allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 79% of its 420 places.
How big are the classes at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
Classes at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School average 21.9 pupils (2025/26).
How many pupils go to SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School has around 338 pupils on roll. 28% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
5.4% of sessions were missed at SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School in 2024/25. 14.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
Apply through Redbridge's coordinated admissions process, naming SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: Kim's Little Legendz (registered, not yet graded). There are 5 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near SS Peter and Paul's Catholic Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 95 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 7 serious and 88 slight. 10 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 3 on foot, 2 on a bicycle and 5 in a vehicle or otherwise. 19 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Redbridge is 56 (the median across 94 schools, same distance and years).
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.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)