# Wanstead Church School

Wanstead Church School is a primary school in Redbridge, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

It had 197 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E102841. [Redbridge](https://openindex.co.uk/redbridge)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Voluntary aided school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 197
- Council: Redbridge
- URN: 102841

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), May 2024
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 22 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Good
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, 96% of pupils at Wanstead Church School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 75% in Redbridge and 62% in England.
17% 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 | 96% | 75% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 17% | 16% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 113 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111 | 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.

- [Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/our-lady-of-lourdes-rc-primary-school-e147337): 560 m. Primary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 94% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Snaresbrook Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/snaresbrook-primary-school-e102832): 770 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Wanstead High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/wanstead-high-school-e102851): 870 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, May 2025. Attainment 8 of 56.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Nightingale Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/nightingale-primary-school-e102839): 970 m. Primary. Good (overall), October 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Leytonstone School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/leytonstone-school-e103101): 1.3 km. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 49.7 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Forest School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/forest-school-e103110): 1.3 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## 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/102841)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/102841)

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