Apex Primary School opened in 2004 and is run by Apex Trust, a charitable foundation with seven trustees. The headteacher and deputy headteacher are also members of the trust. Apex Primary is a small, independent day school catering for the needs of boys and girls aged three to 11 in the area of Ilford, East London. In May 2009, the school moved to its present premises where it occupies two converted and refurbished terraced houses in a side street in the London Borough of Redbridge. At the time of the inspection, there were 28 pupils in the early years foundation stage. All pupils in Reception attend full time. Twelve children in Nursery attend either the morning or afternoon session each day; seven attend full time. The school was last inspected by the Bridge Schools Inspectorate in April 2013. The proportion of pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is very low. No pupils have an education, health and care plan. A small proportion of pupils speak English as an additional language, but only a few are at an early stage of learning English. Apex Primary is a Muslim faith school whose stated aim is to provide ‘a strong Islamic foundation with a high standard of academic education, a balanced combination which will give the child the best start in life’. The school meets requirements on the publication of specified information on its website.