Ilford County High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 21 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Boys
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Redbridge
Unique reference
102850
Address
Fremantle Road, Barkingside, IG6 2JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1138 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
100.0%
Girls
0.0%
First language not English
64.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.5%
Persistent absence
8.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
3.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Indian 23.7%
Pakistani 23.1%
Bangladeshi 21.8%
Other Asian 13.8%
Mixed 5.4%
Unclassified 4.1%
African 2.9%
Chinese 1.7%
Other White 1.4%
White British 1%
Other 0.8%
Other Black 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.77
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.5
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 99%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 97%
Local authority average 64%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 77.4
Local authority average 54.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 7.62
Local authority average 4.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE176
Business Studies:SingleGCSE101
ChemistryGCSE176
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE53
Design & TechnologyGCSE66
English LanguageGCSE176
English LiteratureGCSE175
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Ilford County High School

Admission Policy
Selective
Total available places
180
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
259
2nd preference
74
3rd preference
69
From another Local Authority
163
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
159
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
31
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
180
180
0
Year 8
180
180
0
Year 9
179
179
0
Year 10
179
179
0
Year 11
178
178
0
Year 12
114
114
0
Year 13
128
128
0
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
94.5%
86.5%
Further education
1.0%
16.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
96.0%
73.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
2.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
0.0%
2.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
90.0%
86.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
60.0%
32.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
55.0%
29.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020