Cranbrook Primary School

About Cranbrook Primary School

Cranbrook Primary School sits within the London borough of Redbridge, a local authority with 53 primary schools where 12 currently hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 42nd out of those 50 primaries in the LA for its Key Stage 2 results, placing it in the bottom quarter locally. For context, the top-performing peers in the borough are Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School, Cleveland Road Primary School, and St Bede's Catholic Primary School, each with ranking scores in the high 80s. Cranbrook's own ranking score of 64 reflects a more modest position. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Highlands Primary School, just 0.4 km away, which may be a consideration for families weighing their catchment options. Despite this local ranking, Cranbrook is a large school with 858 pupils on roll, operating close to its capacity of 944, and it offers nursery provision for children from age three.

Academically, Cranbrook's most recent Key Stage 2 results from 2023/24 show that 64% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths combined. This is ten percentage points below the Redbridge local authority average of 74%. The school's average scores in reading (107) and maths (106) are both slightly above the national benchmark of 100, but the proportion reaching the higher standard in all three subjects is just 8%. In individual subjects, 32% of pupils achieved the higher standard in maths, 33% in reading, and only 9% in writing. Ofsted last inspected the school in May 2022 and confirmed it remains Good, upgrading from a Requires Improvement rating in its previous graded inspection back in 2012. The inspection report noted that leadership and management are Good, and the school has held a Good rating across both its recent ungraded and graded inspections.

Cranbrook is a popular choice for families, with 251 applications for 88 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, making it oversubscribed by a ratio of 2.85 to one. All 79 first-preference applicants were offered places, which suggests that being in the catchment area is important. The school provides a broad range of facilities including art studios, an ICT suite, a library, a forest school, and a sports hall. Sports on offer include netball, rounders, dance, gymnastics, cricket, and tennis, while clubs range from choir and gardening to science club, coding, and book club. For children with additional needs, the school has SEND provisions covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social and emotional mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, and autistic spectrum disorder. This is a large, inclusive primary that suits families looking for a Good-rated school with strong nursery provision and a wide extracurricular offer, though those prioritising top academic outcomes may want to look at higher-ranked peers in the borough.

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