Community school · Primary
Ilford · IG6 2LH · Redbridge
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenURN 102879
New Rush Hall School
Community special school · Ilford · IG6 2LB
Age range
Ages 5–16
Pupils
94
Local authority
Redbridge
Age range
Ages 5–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- 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 community special school, Ages 5–16, in Ilford, Redbridge, 94 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: special school. Free school meals: 72%. SEN provision includes: SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health.
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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
- Community special school
- Age range
- 5–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 102879
Location
- Address
- Fencepiece Road, Hainault
- Postcode
- IG6 2LB
- 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
- 94
- Boys / girls
- 90 / 4
- School capacity
- 80
- Capacity fill
- 94 / 80 (118%)
- Free school meals
- 72%
- FSM pupils
- 67
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community special school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Sam Walters
- Telephone
- 02085013951
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
Strong standard
Inspection date
2025-11-25
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 24.2
- Progress 8
- 0.1
- English & maths grade 5+
- 30%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 40%
- EBacc entry
- 0%
- EBacc APS
- 2.0