England · Grammar school
Ilford County High School
Barkingside, Ilford · Boys only · ages 11 to 18
Official record: Get Information About Schools (URN 102850)
Overview
- Address
- Fremantle Road, Barkingside, Ilford, Essex, Barkingside, Ilford, IG6 2JB
- Status
- Open
- Admits
- Boys only
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Number of pupils
- 1,115
- Capacity
- 850
- Eligible for free school meals
- 13.4%
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School type
- Community school
- Religious character
- Not yet available
- Trust
- Not yet available
- Local authority
- Redbridge
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Desk research (cited public sources) (postcodeexplorer.co.uk), last checked 31 October 2026
Admissions and the 11+
- Admissions policy
- Selective (grammar school)
- Selection in this area
- Partially selective area11% of Year 7 places offered in Redbridge for September 2026 were at selective schools (DfE applications and offers). We class an area as fully selective at 25% or more. Confirm with the local authority's admissions guide.
- Entrance test
- Not yet available
- Qualifying score
- minimum threshold 104 (2027 entry per tutoring site; 2024 council email via forum) (2027 entry)
- Catchment area
- Redbridge common catchment area
- Children from outside the catchment
- No: Tutoring source: no child from outside the common catchment area has ever been offered a place
Past offers: lowest score and furthest distance
| Intake | Applicant group | Lowest score offered | Last distance offered | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 106.02 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2025 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 109.35 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2024 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 108.72 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2023 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 111.38 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2022 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 108.58 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
| Sept 2021 | inside common catchment areaScore of the last on-time applicant from the common catchment area offered a place on national offer day (Redbridge Council). Later waiting-list offers may go lower. | 108.03 | – | redbridge.gov.uk |
From published allocation data found in desk research (checked 1 November 2026); not yet confirmed with the school. Scores from different tests or years are not comparable, and a past cut-off does not guarantee a future place.
Applications and offers for Year 7
For September 2026 entry, 538 applicants named this school (258 as their first choice) for 179 places. 43 of 179 offers went to children living outside Redbridge.
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Redbridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 179 | 538 | 258 | 1.4 | 43 |
| Sept 2025 | 178 | 569 | 319 | 1.8 | 35 |
| Sept 2024 | 180 | 544 | 259 | 1.4 | 31 |
| Sept 2023 | 174 | 541 | 293 | 1.7 | 29 |
| Sept 2022 | 181 | 561 | 276 | 1.5 | 20 |
Show all 13 years
| Intake | Places offered | Applicants | First choice | First choices per place | Offers to children outside Redbridge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2021 | 179 | 697 | 471 | 2.6 | 43 |
| Sept 2020 | 181 | 615 | 288 | 1.6 | 24 |
| Sept 2019 | 179 | 627 | 285 | 1.6 | 45 |
| Sept 2018 | 180 | 638 | 344 | 1.9 | 32 |
| Sept 2017 | 179 | 769 | 484 | 2.7 | 44 |
| Sept 2016 | 180 | 563 | 308 | 1.7 | 23 |
| Sept 2015 | 120 | 469 | 229 | 1.9 | 14 |
| Sept 2014 | 113 | 472 | 275 | 2.4 | 7 |
"Applicants" counts every family that listed the school as any preference, so it is higher than the number competing for each place. "Outside Redbridge" means a home in another local authority; it is not the school's catchment area. For grammar schools, offers also depend on the entrance test result.
Source: Secondary and primary school applications and offers (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026 · Source: Admissions research (cited public sources) (leadingtuition.co.uk), last checked 1 November 2026
Key dates
- Test registration
- Not yet available
- Test date
- Not yet available
- Results sent to families
- Not yet available
- Apply to your council (September 2027 entry)
- By 31 October 2026This date has passed: late applications go to your council and are usually considered after on-time ones.
- National offer day
- 1 March 2027Offers are sent on 1 March, or the next working day.
- Open days
- Not yet available
- School opened (current registration)
- Not yet available
Statutory dates: School Admissions Code (Department for Education).
Source: not yet available
Ofsted inspection
Inspected on 6 January 2026. Read the report ↗
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Post 16 provision
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
From September 2024 Ofsted no longer gives an overall grade for state schools.
Inspection history (6)
Source: Ofsted inspection reports, last checked 31 October 2026
Exam results
GCSE results 2025/26 (provisional)
| Measure | This school | Selective schools in England | All state schools in England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8Average grade across 8 GCSE-level subjects, doubled for English and maths (maximum 90). | 77 | 72.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 98.9% | 93.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 7 or above in English and maths | 74.3% | 57.7% | 14.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 100% | 98.3% | 64.8% |
| Progress 8Not published for most schools in recent years, because primary school tests were cancelled in 2020 and 2021. | – | – | – |
Attainment 8 over time: 77.4 (2023/24) → 75.7 (2024/25) → 77 (2025/26).
179 pupils took GCSEs. Results reflect a selective intake: compare grammar schools with each other rather than with all schools.
Source: Key stage 4 performance (GCSE results) (Department for Education), last checked 31 October 2026
How to get there
- Postcode
- IG6 2JB
- Map location
- 51.5919, 0.07699
- Open in OpenStreetMap
- Directions and surroundings ↗
- Telephone
- 02085516496
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026
Official links and documents
- School website
- www.ichs.org.uk
- Official register record
- Get Information About Schools (URN 102850) ↗
- Admissions policy document
- Not yet available
- Further reading
- Wikipedia ↗
Source: Get Information About Schools, last checked 31 October 2026