Read Academy Education
0.2 miles280 pupils
Independent · Senior · Redbridge
Apex Secondary School for Boys
Independent school · Ages 11 to 16 · Boys · 39 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Pupils
- 39 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 125
- Head
- Mrs Meherun Hamid
- Address
- 287 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4UA
- Borough
- Redbridge
- Telephone
- 02085541208
- DfE reference (URN)
- 151475
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
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Inspection
Ofsted report card, inspected 24 February 2026
Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade. The report card grades each area on a five-point scale.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met.
Independent School Standards, checked 24 February 2026: All standards Met
Source: Ofsted, Management information - non-association independent schools - as at 31 July 2026: most recent inspections data as at 31 July 2026 · most recent inspections as at 2026-07-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
The Ursuline Academy Ilford
0.3 miles743 pupils · Attainment 8 56.1 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Valentines High School
0.6 miles1,357 pupils · Attainment 8 59.3 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Seven Kings School
0.9 miles2,189 pupils · Attainment 8 57.3 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
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