# Downshall Primary School

Downshall Primary School is a primary school in Redbridge, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 501 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E149520. [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 501
- Council: Redbridge
- URN: 149520

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection: Report card, 24 March 2026
- Safeguarding: Met
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard
- Early years: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Not applicable
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 76% of pupils at Downshall Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 75% in Redbridge and 62% in England.
16% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Redbridge | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 76% | 75% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 16% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 108 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Aldborough Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/aldborough-primary-school-e136934): 80 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 90% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aidans-catholic-primary-academy-e140295): 640 m. Primary. Good (overall), September 2022. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Palmer Catholic Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-palmer-catholic-academy-e137088): 710 m. Secondary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 48.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Seven Kings School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/seven-kings-school-e102856): 760 m. All-through. Improved significantly, April 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Farnham Green Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/farnham-green-primary-school-e145044): 840 m. Primary. Improved significantly, June 2025. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [William Torbitt Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/william-torbitt-primary-school-e102820): 900 m. Primary. Good (overall), July 2024. 64% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/149520)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/149520)

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