Apex Primary School
under 0.1 miles109 pupils
Independent · All-through · Redbridge
Read Academy Education
Independent school · Ages 3 to 16 · Mixed · 280 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 280 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 300
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Head
- Mr Gulam Abbas Hussain
- Address
- 34-38 Mansfield Road, Ilford, Ilford, IG1 3BD
- Borough
- Redbridge
- Telephone
- 02085549111
- DfE reference (URN)
- 139826
- Website
- readacademy.co.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 4 July 2023: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
Independent School Standards, checked 4 July 2023: 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
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 6.5%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 44% / 56%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
The Ursuline Academy Ilford
0.1 miles743 pupils · Attainment 8 56.1 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Apex Secondary School for Boys
0.2 miles39 pupils
Christchurch Primary School
0.5 miles1,084 pupils · KS2 expected standard 79% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Highlands Primary School
0.6 miles676 pupils · KS2 expected standard 87% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Winston Way Academy
0.6 miles616 pupils · KS2 expected standard 75% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
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