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Wells Primary School

URN
102831
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Wells Primary School
URN
102831
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Exceptional

92 / 100

Exceptional

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

—

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of primary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#7 of 51 schools in Redbridge

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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  • Recommended application mix
  • Alternative schools
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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Wells Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

What Admissions Advantage can and cannot tell you

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
  • Application portfolio balance across your shortlist
  • Accessible alternative schools in your area

Cannot tell you

  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Wells Primary School

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
27 November 2024
Inspection date
22 October 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 27 November 2024

  • Behaviour and attitudes

    Outstanding

    Graded 27 November 2024

  • Personal development

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

44

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

261

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

44

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

5.93×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Redbridge
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Redbridge)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.wellsprimary.co.uk

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Redbridge to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

87.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

96.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

98.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

87.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

IG8 0PP - Barclay Oval, Woodford Green, Essex

Contact details

Address
Barclay Oval, Woodford Green, Essex
Postcode
IG8 0PP
Phone
2087080500
Website
www.wellsprimary.co.uk
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Redbridge
Local authority code
317

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 165 schools in Redbridge.

Authority statistics

Total schools

165

Open schools

95

Closed schools

70

Primary schools

89

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 27 November 2024

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 27 November 2024

  • Early years

    Outstanding

    Graded 27 November 2024

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    27 November 202422 October 2024S5 InspectionInspectionView report for inspection published 27 November 2024
    • Inspection

      Published
      27 November 2024
      Inspected
      22 October 2024
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    16.9%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 42

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    20

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary89 (53.9%)
    • Secondary20 (12.1%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other56 (33.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Antony's Catholic Primary School214 mPrimaryOpen
    Avon House Preparatory School239 mNot applicableOpen
    Bancroft's Preparatory School348 mNot applicableOpen
    Bancroft's School348 mNot applicableOpen
    Trinity Catholic High School431 mSecondaryOpen
    Woodford Green Primary School658 mPrimaryOpen
    Woodford Green Primary School658 mPrimaryClosed
    B A D Junior Conductive Education877 mNot applicableClosed
    Woodford Green Preparatory School893 mNot applicableOpen
    Woodford County High School1.2 kmSecondaryOpen
    • St Antony's Catholic Primary School
      Distance
      214 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Avon House Preparatory School
      Distance
      239 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Bancroft's Preparatory School
      Distance
      348 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Bancroft's School
      Distance
      348 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open

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    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Redbridge)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
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    Avanti Court Primary SchoolPrimaryIG6 1LZClosed
    Avanti Court Primary SchoolPrimaryIG6 1LZOpen
    • Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      IG3 9RP
      Status
      Open
    • Aldborough Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      IG3 8HZ
      Status
      Open
    • Aldersbrook Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E12 5HL
      Status
      Open
    • Avanti Court Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      IG6 1LZ
      Status
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    • Avanti Court Primary School
    Trinity Catholic High School
    Distance
    431 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Woodford Green Primary School
    Distance
    658 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Woodford Green Primary School
    Distance
    658 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • B A D Junior Conductive Education
    Distance
    877 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Woodford Green Preparatory School
    Distance
    893 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Woodford County High School
    Distance
    1.2 km
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    IG6 1LZ
    Status
    Open