William Torbitt Primary School

About William Torbitt Primary School

William Torbitt Primary School sits within the Redbridge local authority, a London borough with 53 primary schools in total. The school currently ranks 26th out of 50 in the LA, placing it in the top half of local primaries. Its top-performing peers in the area include Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School, St Bede's Catholic Primary School, and Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School, all of which hold higher ranking scores. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Grove Primary School, located 1.5 kilometres away. William Torbitt itself has held a Good rating across its two most recent inspections, with its latest full inspection taking place in July 2024. The school is a mixed, state-funded primary for children aged 3 to 11, with no religious character. It currently has 508 pupils on roll, against a capacity of 622, and 23.9 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection, William Torbitt received an overall effectiveness rating of Good, with personal development judged as Outstanding. All other key areas — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership and management, and early years provision — were rated Good. The school’s KS2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show that 74 per cent of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which matches the Redbridge LA average of 74 per cent. However, only 8 per cent reached the higher standard across all three subjects. In individual subjects, 86 per cent met expectations in maths, with an average scaled score of 107, while 83 per cent met expectations in reading (average score 106) and 81 per cent in writing. The school ranks in the top 25 per cent nationally on the KS2 expected standard metric, and sits at the 52nd percentile within Redbridge.

The school offers a range of facilities including a Forest School, gymnasium, art studios, dining hall, ICT suite and a chapel. Sports provision covers dance, cross country, rounders and football, while extracurricular clubs include coding, book club, chess, science club, eco club and choir. The school has a nursery provision and supports pupils with a broad range of SEND needs, including specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disabilities and autistic spectrum disorder. For the 2025/26 intake, the school was oversubscribed: 119 applications were received for 59 places, with 62 first-preference applications and 58 first-preference offers made, giving an oversubscription ratio of 2.02. This suggests strong local demand, and families considering the school should be prepared for a competitive admissions process.

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