Gearies Primary School
Waremead Road, Gants Hill, Ilford, IG2 6TF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Alex Dias
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Ilford North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 906
- Pupils on roll
- 884
- URN
- 133934
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085501803
About this school
Gearies Primary School is a community primary school in Ilford. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 884 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 117 | 116 | 115 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 78% | 78% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 18% | 27% |
| Expected standard in reading | 88% | 81% | 81% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 91% | 87% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 89% | 85% | 84% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Gearies Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Redbridge average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 78% | 67.7% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 78% | 71.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 72% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 897 |
| 2023/24 | 904 |
| 2024/25 | 888 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gearies Primary School compares
Gearies Primary School ranked 25th of 53 primary schools in Redbridge for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 5.9% | 10.6% | 884 | — |
| St Augustine's Catholic Primary School | 53% | 5.2% | 23.8% | 406 | 0.2 miles |
| Fullwood Primary School | 86% | 5.5% | 11.9% | 458 | 0.5 miles |
| Parkhill Infants' School | — | 6% | 10.5% | 381 | 0.7 miles |
| Parkhill Junior School | 82% | 6% | 17.5% | 442 | 0.7 miles |
| Newbury Park Primary School | 61% | 5.3% | 17.6% | 752 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 10.58%
- English as an additional language
- 87.3%
- Overall absence
- 5.87%
- Persistent absence
- 18.13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Augustine's Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Ilford
-
Fullwood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Ilford
-
Parkhill Infants' School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilford
-
Parkhill Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilford
-
Newbury Park Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Ilford
Other schools in Ilford
Gearies Primary School ranks 15th of the 33 ranked primary schools in Ilford.
- Al-Noor Voluntary Aided Muslim Primary School Primary
- Aldborough Primary School Primary
- Christchurch Primary School Primary
- Cleveland Road Primary School Primary
- Clore Tikva School Primary
- Cranbrook Primary School Primary
- Downshall Primary School Primary
- Fairlop Primary School Primary
- Farnham Green Primary School Primary
- Fullwood Primary School Primary
- Gilbert Colvin Primary School Primary
- Glade Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gearies Primary School teach?
- Gearies Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Ilford.
- Who is the headteacher of Gearies Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gearies Primary School is Mrs Alex Dias, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gearies Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gearies Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Gearies Primary School?
- Gearies Primary School has 884 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Gearies Primary School full?
- Gearies Primary School has capacity for 906 pupils and 884 on roll (98%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gearies Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gearies Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gearies Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Gearies Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Gearies Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 78% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gearies Primary School rank locally?
- Gearies Primary School ranked 25th of 53 primary schools in Redbridge for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gearies Primary School's absence rate?
- Gearies Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gearies Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gearies Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.