Living in Woodford Green with children
Woodford Green, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date.
Schools
13 schools: 6 state primary, 3 state secondary, 4 privateWoodford Green on the schools map →Every school in Woodford Green, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (6)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodford Green Primary School | Outstanding | Top 6% (3/51) in Waltham Forest | 0.411 miles (2026) |
| Wells Primary School | Outstanding | Top 17% (9/53) in Redbridge | 0.714 miles (2026) |
| Oakhill Primary School | Outstanding | Top 40% (20/51) in Waltham Forest | 0.703 miles (2026) |
| Ray Lodge Primary School | Ofsted report card | (34/53) in Redbridge | 0.793 miles (2026) |
| St Antony's Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (35/53) in Redbridge | — |
| Roding Primary School | Good | (48/53) in Redbridge | — |
State secondary schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodford County High School | Good | 1st (1/19) in Redbridge | — |
| Woodbridge High School | Outstanding | Top 37% (7/19) in Redbridge | 0.976 miles (2026) |
| Trinity Catholic High School | Good | (14/19) in Redbridge | 1.568 miles (2026) |
Private schools (4)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | 1st (1/1) in Redbridge | — |
| Bancroft's Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| St Aubyn's School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| Woodford Green Preparatory School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)We don't hold Land Registry sales for Woodford Green yet, so its typical prices are unknown here.
Look up a home in Woodford Green →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 88% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 98%, on average across the 708 postcodes in IG8. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 1 outstanding; 9 good, or expected standard; 1 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £8.63 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 11 in Redbridge.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page, read by 16 October 2026; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
Childcare costs near you →Key dates, Redbridge
The next dates for families applyingApplication deadlines and offer days: Redbridge · Waltham Forest.
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