Primary
Downshall Primary School
Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 8UG
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 501 of 630 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- NEW VISION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.2
- All staff (FTE)
- 53.4
- Pupils per adult
- 9.9
- Pupils
- 528
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
SATs results
76%
1 points above the Ilford average (75% across 30 schools)
106.0
1.1 below the Ilford average (107.1 across 30 schools)
19th of 30 by our score, among the primary schools in Ilford we can score - 32 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 107 |
| Average reading score | 106 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 76% |
| Working at a higher standard | 16% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time2 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 72% |
| 24/25 | 76% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 107.0 |
| 24/25 | 106.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 108.0 |
| 24/25 | 107.0 |
Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 8UG
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Redbridge admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ian Bennett
- Address
- Meads Lane, Seven Kings, Ilford, IG3 8UG
- Telephone
- 02085902157