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Schools near Woodford Green

15 open schools in Woodford Green, Redbridge · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · see all Redbridge schools · grammar schools in Woodford Green

Woodford Green has 15 state schools: 10 primary, 4 secondary, part of Redbridge's wider catchment. 10 have a published Ofsted rating, and 5 of those are rated Good or Outstanding. 1 is a state grammar school and sets an entrance test.

Avon House Preparatory School Woodford Green Bancroft's Preparatory School Woodford Green Bancroft's School Woodford Green Hatton Special School Woodford Green · Not judged Oakhill Primary School Woodford Green · Not judged Ray Lodge Primary School Woodford Green · Outstanding Roding Primary School Woodford Green · Not judged St Antony's Catholic Primary School Woodford Green · Good St Aubyn's School Woodford Green Trinity Catholic High School Woodford Green · Good Wells Primary School Woodford Green · Not judged Woodbridge High School Woodford Green · Outstanding Woodford County High School Woodford Green · Good · Grammar Woodford Green Preparatory School Woodford Green Woodford Green Primary School Woodford Green · Not judged

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

St Antony's Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.6 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Redbridge

Primary schools: Only the two all-through schools (Seven Kings, Loxford) have a catchment area at primary; all other community primaries use distance-from-home as the default criterion. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Woodford Green straddles a council boundary: the scheme above is Redbridge's, and Waltham Forest also has schools here, applying under its own.

Redbridge entrance test format

One shared test for both Redbridge grammar schools (Ilford County High School and Woodford County High School): 1. English and Verbal Reasoning — one hour. 2. Mathematics and Non-Verbal Reasoning — one hour. Scores are age-standardised. A standardised score around the published threshold (historically 104) makes a child ELIGIBLE for consideration — it is a qualifying bar, not a ranking guarantee; oversubscription criteria then decide places. Register once with Redbridge council (historically 1 May to mid-June of Year 5); test in mid-September of Year 6; results by email in mid-October before the 31 October application deadline.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Registration opens 2026-05-01 (passed)
Sept 2027 Registration closes 2026-06-15 (passed)
Sept 2027 Test date 2026-09-18
Sept 2027 Results released 2026-10-15
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

Out-of-area applications

Redbridge's two grammar schools — Ilford County High School (boys) and Woodford County High School (girls) — share the single Redbridge 11+ test: one registration (via the London Borough of Redbridge, historically 1 May to mid-June of Year 5) and one sitting in mid-September of Year 6. Children living outside Redbridge can register and sit the test — both schools draw from across east London and Essex. Results are emailed in mid-October; apply via your home LA's Common Application Form by 31 October. Reaching the qualifying standard makes a child eligible; when oversubscribed the schools apply their published criteria, so check each school's policy for distance/priority effects.

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