Community school · Waltham Forest

Barn Croft Primary School

4–11Ages
170Pupils
PrimaryPhase
131057URN

2 Brunel Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8SB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

4.8per place

1.6 above Waltham Forest median (3.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Waltham Forest

144 applications for 30 places · 6th of 45 in Waltham Forest

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

68%met the expected standard

Waltham Forest 77% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 8 July 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

4.8applications per place, Reception

1.6 above Waltham Forest median (3.2) 2.6 above England median (2.2)

144 applications · 30 places offered · 32 named it first

2026 4.8; Waltham Forest median median 3.2
2025 4.9; Waltham Forest median median 3.1
2024 4.4; Waltham Forest median median 3.0
2023 3.6; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
2022 3.7; Waltham Forest median median 2.8
2021 4.7; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
2020 4.4; Waltham Forest median median 2.8
2019 3.9; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
2018 3.1; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
2017 4.2; Waltham Forest median median 3.1
2016 3.3; Waltham Forest median median 3.2
2015 3.1; Waltham Forest median median 3.1
2014 3.0; Waltham Forest median median 3.2

This school
Waltham Forest median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	144	4.8	32	1.07
Sep 2025	22	107	4.9	17	0.77
Sep 2024	22	97	4.4	22	1.00
Sep 2023	31	111	3.6	20	0.65
Sep 2022	26	95	3.7	26	1.00
Sep 2021	29	135	4.7	41	1.41
Sep 2020	29	127	4.4	35	1.21
Sep 2019	25	97	3.9	20	0.80
Sep 2018	28	88	3.1	27	0.96
Sep 2017	22	93	4.2	20	0.91
Sep 2016	30	100	3.3	26	0.87
Sep 2015	28	86	3.1	21	0.75
Sep 2014	30	89	3.0	30	1.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 68% · Maths 68% → all three 68% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard68%37th of 48 in Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest 77% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Waltham Forest 85% England 78%

Higher standard58%

Waltham Forest 48% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard68%

Waltham Forest 83% England 75%

Greater depth26%

Waltham Forest 22% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard68%

Waltham Forest 88% England 77%

Higher standard42%

Waltham Forest 39% England 24%

Average scaled score 108 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Waltham Forest median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	68%	26%	109	108
2023/24	59%	14%	111	107
2022/23	34%	0%	107	101

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Barn Croft Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.8applications per place 68%met the SATs standard
St Saviour's Church of England Primary School
0.4 km · Waltham Forest

Standards maintained2025

2.5applications per place 89%met the SATs standard
South Grove Primary School
0.5 km · Waltham Forest

Remains Outstanding2024

4.6applications per place 90%met the SATs standard
Coppermill Primary School
0.7 km · Waltham Forest

Remains Good2024

5.5applications per place 86%met the SATs standard
Edinburgh Primary School
0.8 km · Waltham Forest

Remains Good · improving2024

11.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
Sybourn Primary School
0.9 km · Waltham Forest

Outstanding2023

2.9applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Mission Grove Primary School
0.9 km · Waltham Forest

Remains Good2023

2.7applications per place 46%met the SATs standard
Thomas Gamuel Primary School
0.9 km · Waltham Forest

2026

3.4applications per place 83%met the SATs standard
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School
1.0 km · Waltham Forest

Good2023

2.4applications per place 44%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 131057 · 320/2083
Capacity: 210 pupils · 170 on roll
Free school meals: 16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 5 January 1998
Address: 2 Brunel Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8SB
Local authority: Waltham Forest

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources