Apex Secondary School for Boys
Apex Secondary School for Boys is an independent school in Ilford for boys aged 11 to 16. It has 39 pupils and room for 125.
287 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4UA020 8554 1208Mrs Meherun Hamid headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet. That is normal for a school that opened in 2025: new schools usually get their first inspection within three years.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Redbridge council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
What parents say
From Ofsted's Parent View survey: 28 parents answered in the year to 6 April 2026. Parents choose whether to fill it in, and many only do so when an inspection is coming, so don't read too much into small differences. The England figures are the average for all schools with enough answers to publish.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apex Secondary School for Girls | Independent | 0 m | 33 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Apex Primary School | Independent | 380 m | 109 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Read Academy Education | Independent | 400 m | 280 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Ursuline Academy Ilford | Academy | 460 m | 743 | Report card 2026 | 71 | Compare |
| Highlands Primary School | Council | 750 m | 676 | Not inspected | 83 | Compare |
| Christchurch Primary School | Council | 790 m | 1,084 | Good 2022 | 80 | Compare |
| Cranbrook Primary School | Council | 840 m | 786 | Good 2022 | 47 | Compare |
| Valentines High School | Council | 910 m | 1,357 | Report card 2026 | 96 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Apex Secondary School for Boys a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Apex Secondary School for Boys yet.
How many pupils does Apex Secondary School for Boys have?
39 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 125 places, so it is 31% full. It is a boys' school.
What do parents say about Apex Secondary School for Boys?
93% of the 28 parents who answered Ofsted's Parent View survey would recommend it to other parents, and 86% say their child is happy there. Across England, 84% of parents would recommend their child's school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 287 Cranbrook Road, Ilford, IG1 4UA
- Telephone
- 020 8554 1208
- Headteacher
- Mrs Meherun Hamid
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Boys
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- Ward
- Valentines
- Constituency
- Ilford North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 6 February 2025 (new provision)
- URN
- 151475 · LAESTAB 3176017
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.