Ray Lodge Primary School

About Ray Lodge Primary School

Ray Lodge Primary School sits within the Redbridge local authority, a London borough with 53 primary schools where 12 currently hold an Outstanding Ofsted rating. The school ranks 32nd out of 50 in Redbridge based on the proportion of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, placing it just above the midpoint of its LA peers. The top-performing schools in the area are Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School, St Bede's Catholic Primary School and Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School, all of which score higher on the same metric. For families looking at Outstanding-rated primaries nearby, the closest alternative is Wells Primary School, 1.6 kilometres away. Ray Lodge is a mixed, non-religious state primary for children aged 4 to 11, with a nursery provision and a current headteacher, Amanda Jennings, who has led the school since at least its most recent inspection.

In its most recent graded inspection in 2016, Ofsted awarded Ray Lodge an overall Outstanding rating, a grade it has held across both its graded inspections, having previously been rated Good in 2011. The school’s 2021 ungraded inspection confirmed it remains Outstanding. Ofsted judged leadership and management, early years provision and overall effectiveness all as Outstanding, with early years provision having improved from a Good rating in 2011. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 70% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, slightly below the Redbridge LA average of 74%. However, the school’s average scores in reading and maths both sit at 106, and 15% of pupils achieved the higher standard across all three subjects. In individual subjects, 86% met the expected standard in writing, 81% in maths and 80% in reading, with maths showing the strongest higher-standard performance at 39%.

The school is significantly oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 253 applications for 89 places, with 91 first-preference applications and 80 first-preference offers, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.84. Facilities include an ICT suite, playing fields, a forest school, an outdoor playground and a chapel. Sports provision covers football, gymnastics, cricket, rounders, swimming and dance, while clubs range from choir and film club to gardening, book club and eco club. The school supports a wide range of SEND needs, including specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language communication needs, hearing impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. With 24.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, the school serves a diverse community and suits families who value strong early years provision, a broad extracurricular offer and a school that has sustained high Ofsted grades over time.

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