Manford Primary School

About Manford Primary School

Manford Primary School sits within the Redbridge local authority, a London borough with 53 primary schools, 12 of which hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. The school’s position in the local rankings is challenging: it ranks 47th out of 50 primaries in Redbridge based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. The top-performing peers in the borough include Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School, St Bede’s Catholic Primary School and Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School, each scoring significantly higher on the same metric. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Fullwood Primary School, 3.1 kilometres away. For families weighing up local options, Manford sits firmly in the bottom half of Redbridge’s primary landscape, and its ranking percentile of 96 within the authority reflects a significant gap to the top tier.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2022, Manford Primary School was rated Good across all five categories: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. This represents a consistent rating, as the school was also judged Good in its previous inspection in 2012. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 59% of pupils achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, compared with a Redbridge local authority average of 74%. Only 3% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects. In individual subjects, reading and maths both recorded an average scaled score of 103, while 76% of pupils met the expected standard in writing, 71% in reading, and 66% in maths. The school’s national ranking places it in the bottom 50% of primaries, at the 60th percentile, and within London it sits at the 80th percentile.

The school has a capacity of 550 and currently educates 452 pupils, with 34.7% eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. It is oversubscribed: for the 2025/26 intake, there were 142 applications for 55 places, with 49 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.58. Facilities include a library, playing fields, art studios, a sensory room, a gymnasium, a sports hall, and a chapel. Sports offered include swimming, rounders, cricket, football and dance, while clubs range from choir and drama to eco club and gardening. The school provides nursery provision and supports pupils with a wide range of SEND needs, including autistic spectrum disorder, speech, language and communication needs, and social, emotional and mental health difficulties. Manford is best suited to families who value a Good-rated, inclusive local primary with strong SEND support, and who are comfortable with its below-average academic outcomes relative to the Redbridge average.

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