St Aidan's Catholic Primary Academy[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 58% 58% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 58% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 4% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 102 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 103 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	64%[4]	14%[4]	106[4]	106[4]
2022/23	58%[5]	4%[5]	104[5]	105[5]
2018/19	78%[6]	14%[6]	105[6]	107[6]
2017/18	69%[7]	15%[7]	105[7]	105[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 21 Sep 2022[8]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[8]
Report published: 10 Nov 2022[8]
Personal development: Good[8]
Quality of education: Good[8]
Overall effectiveness: Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable): Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[8]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
22 Jun 2021[9]	Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[9]	No overall grade[9]
12 Dec 2018[10]	Schools into Special Measures Visit 4[10]	Requires improvement[10]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 3.3 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Applications (any preference): 39 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences: 10 Entry Sept 2026[11]
Places offered: 12 Entry Sept 2026[11]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[11]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	56[11]	20[11]	24[11]	2.3[11]	0.8[11]
Entry Sept 2024	44[11]	16[11]	16[11]	2.8[11]	1.0[11]
Entry Sept 2023	66[11]	29[11]	31[11]	2.1[11]	0.9[11]
Entry Sept 2022	51[11]	17[11]	19[11]	2.7[11]	0.9[11]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 3–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 420[1]
Trust: THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST[1]
Local authority: Redbridge[1]
Website: www.staidansacademy.org/[1]
District: Redbridge [12]
Postcode: IG1 4AS[1]
URN: 140295[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 241 2024/25[13]
English as an additional language: 39.8% 2024/25[13]
SEN support: 11.2% 2024/25[13]
EHC plan: 3.7% 2024/25[13]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 34.7% 2024/25[13]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 19.7%[14]
Mixed: 16.9%[14]
Asian: 31.5%[14]
Black: 27.7%[14]
Any other ethnic group: 2.8%[14]
Unclassified: 1.4%[14]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2020/21. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.