Gilbert Colvin Primary School

About Gilbert Colvin Primary School

Gilbert Colvin Primary School is a state-funded, mixed primary school in the London borough of Redbridge, overseen by headteacher Liz Cohen. It serves 363 pupils aged 3 to 11, with a capacity of 429, and does not have a religious character. Within Redbridge’s primary school landscape, the school ranks 39th out of 50 schools on the key stage 2 reading, writing and maths expected standard metric, placing it in the 78th percentile locally. The top-performing peers in the borough include Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School, Cleveland Road Primary School and St Bede’s Catholic Primary School. For context, 12 of Redbridge’s 53 primary schools hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating, and the nearest such school is Fullwood Primary School, 1.3 kilometres away. Gilbert Colvin itself was rated Good in its most recent graded inspection in February 2025, with inspectors awarding Good across all five categories: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This represents a consistent Good rating compared with its previous inspection in 2014.

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