Report card · inspected Feb 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther primary schools in Waltham Forest
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Strong standard | ||||
| Achievement | Exceptional | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Exceptional | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 3 February 2026Report card · 3 Exceptional, 4 Strong standard
- 7 October 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding
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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 entry457 applications · 180 places offered · 166 named it first
HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.
- 2026 2.5; Waltham Forest median median 3.2
- 2025 2.5; Waltham Forest median median 3.1
- 2024 2.5; Waltham Forest median median 3.0
- 2023 2.6; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
- 2022 2.6; Waltham Forest median median 2.8
- 2021 2.5; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
- 2020 2.8; Waltham Forest median median 2.8
- 2019 2.9; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
- 2018 3.0; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
- 2017 2.8; Waltham Forest median median 3.1
- 2016 3.2; Waltham Forest median median 3.2
- 2015 3.2; Waltham Forest median median 3.1
- 2014 3.1; 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 | 180 | 457 | 2.5 | 166 | 0.92 |
| Sep 2025 | 180 | 449 | 2.5 | 183 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2024 | 178 | 439 | 2.5 | 182 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2023 | 179 | 461 | 2.6 | 190 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2022 | 177 | 462 | 2.6 | 213 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2021 | 120 | 303 | 2.5 | 114 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 119 | 327 | 2.8 | 117 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2019 | 119 | 348 | 2.9 | 119 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2018 | 120 | 365 | 3.0 | 138 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 120 | 337 | 2.8 | 121 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2016 | 120 | 380 | 3.2 | 128 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2015 | 118 | 379 | 3.2 | 136 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2014 | 120 | 377 | 3.1 | 133 | 1.11 |
How did pupils do in SATs?
DfE KS2 · 2024/25Reading 91% · Writing 94% · Maths 91% → all three 87% met the expected standard, End of Year 6
- This school
- Waltham Forest median
- England median
Every year as a table
| Year | Expected standard | Higher standard | Reading score | Maths score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 87% | 22% | 107 | 108 |
| 2023/24 | 75% | 18% | 106 | 108 |
| 2022/23 | 87% | 25% | 109 | 110 |
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
- Barclay Primary SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.5applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
- 0.4 km · Waltham ForestStandards maintained20243.8applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
- 0.8 km · Waltham ForestGood20232.9applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
- 0.9 km · Waltham Forest20262.5applications per place 96%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20233.7applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20234.9applications per place 71%met the SATs standard
- 1.3 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good202343%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · Waltham ForestGraded · no overall grade20242.5applications per place 73%met the SATs standard
- 1.4 km · RedbridgeGraded · no overall grade20253.2applications per place 94%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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138690 · 320/3308
- Trust
- Lion Academy Trust
- Capacity
- 1,260 pupils · 1,273 on roll
- Free school meals
- 26.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2012
- Replaced
- Barclay Primary School (URN 131517)
- Address
- 155 Canterbury Road, Leyton, London, E10 6EJ
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources