The Palmer Catholic Academy

Aldborough Road South, Seven Kings, Redbridge, Essex, IG3 8EU

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About this school

The Palmer Catholic Academy is an Academy converter serving secondary age pupils, located in Redbridge, Essex. The school has 1,155 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 26 January 2022). Last inspected 3 February 2026. The Headteacher is Paul Downey. The school is administered by Redbridge local authority. It belongs to THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST. The school has a Roman Catholic religious character. It opened in 1 August 2011.

School details

Headteacher

Paul Downey

Trust

THE GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC TRUST

Local authority

Redbridge

Gender

Mixed

Religious character

Roman Catholic

URN

137088

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at The Palmer Catholic Academy are handled by the school or the local authority (Redbridge). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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