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All-through school in Ilford, Redbridge

Seven Kings School

Ley Street, Ilford, Essex, IG2 7BT

Sixth form
School website 02085548935

Ofsted

Judged to have improved significantly, on 24 April 2025.

Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.

Read the Ofsted report

GCSE results 2024/25

Attainment 8 score

57.3 England 47

The average grade across eight GCSEs, doubling English and maths. 50 is roughly a grade 5 average.

Grade 5+ in English & maths

71% England 46.2%

Grade 4+ in English & maths

87% England 66.2%

EBacc average point score

5 England 4.2

Entered the EBacc

30% England 40.8%

On Attainment 8 this school is in the top quarter of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the top 10%.

Progress 8 2023/24

1.12confidence interval 0.90 to 1.33

Taking that range into account, pupils made more progress than similar pupils nationally. DfE bands this as well above average.

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

A levels 2024/25

Average grade per entry
B-
Average points per entry
37.8

England average 32.3

A level students
222

Pupils

Pupils on roll
2189
Places
2240
How full
Nearly full — 2189 of 2240 places taken
Girls / boys
1039 / 1150
Overall absence
6%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent
14%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
18%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
91%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
5%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
8%

England 15%

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training
95%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education
94%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship
1%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form
77%
No sustained destination
4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort
179

After sixth form

Went to university
71%

England 50%

In education, work or training
87%

England 84.3%

Started an apprenticeship
7%

England 6.5%

Students in the cohort
248

Going on to university 2021/22 leavers

Went to a top third university

41% England 20.9%

The third of higher education providers whose entrants hold the highest average entry qualifications. It is the closest thing in the public data to "did they get into a competitive university", and it separates schools far more sharply than the headline progression rate does.

Went on to a degree
90%

England 65.3%

Students in the cohort
194

These follow an earlier group of leavers than the figures above, and count anyone reaching higher education within two years rather than the term after leaving, so they are not directly comparable with them.

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year, and why the university figures track leavers from 2021/22. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The neighbourhood around the school

Census 2021 figures for Redbridge 023C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.

Adults with a degree
41%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
18%

England 18.3%

Households owning their home
58%

England 62.7%

Households in social housing
14%

England 17%

Households with no car
29%

England 21.9%

Adults economically inactive
40%

England 39.9%

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
All-through
Ages
Ages 4–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Religious character
None
Sixth form
Yes
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Executive Headteacher: Jane Waters
Local authority
Redbridge
Ward
Newbury
Constituency
Ilford South
URN
102856

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Nearest all-through schools

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8Distance
The Palmer Catholic AcademyAcademy converter No grade 48.8 0.5 mi
Ark Isaac Newton AcademyAcademy sponsor led No grade 56.7 0.6 mi
Oaks Park High SchoolCommunity school No grade 53.5 0.7 mi
The Ursuline Academy IlfordAcademy converter No grade 56.1 0.8 mi
Apex Secondary School for GirlsOther independent school No grade 0.9 mi
Apex Secondary School for BoysOther independent school No grade 0.9 mi
Valentines High SchoolCommunity school No grade 59.3 0.9 mi
Read Academy EducationOther independent school No grade 0.9 mi

Schools with a similar intake

State-funded all-through schools nationally whose share of disadvantaged pupils is closest to this school's. This is the fairest like-for-like comparison the published data supports.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Waltham Toll Bar AcademyAcademy converter Good 2023 45.8
Queen Elizabeth's Girls' SchoolAcademy converter No grade 58.6
Hazelwick SchoolAcademy converter Outstanding 2023 50.2
Silverstone UTCUniversity technical college Requires improvement 2023 31.1
Standish Community High SchoolAcademy converter No grade 49.7
Roding Valley High SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 47.1
King Arthur's SchoolAcademy sponsor led No grade 40.6
Horndean Technology CollegeCommunity school No grade 47.8

Where these figures come from

  • School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
  • Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25, and 2023/24 for Progress 8.
  • Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
  • Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
  • Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.

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