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Ilford · IG4 5LP · Redbridge
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.0 miles away
OpenURN 141006
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Free schools alternative provision · Ilford · IG4 5LP
Age range
Ages 12–19
Pupils
35
Local authority
Redbridge
Age range
Ages 12–19
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed free schools alternative provision, Ages 12–19, in Ilford, Redbridge, 35 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 44.8%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 12–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 141006
Location
- Address
- Woodford Bridge Road, Clayhall
- Postcode
- IG4 5LP
- Town
- Ilford
- County
- Essex
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- District
- Redbridge
- Constituency
- Ilford North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 35
- Boys / girls
- 17 / 18
- School capacity
- 148
- Capacity fill
- 35 / 148 (24%)
- Free school meals
- 44.8%
- FSM pupils
- 13
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: BEACON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
- Academy trust
- BEACON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
- Sponsor
- Beacon Multi-Academy Trust Limited
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Kathryn Burns
- Telephone
- 02084184760
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-04-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes