Graded inspection · Jun 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Waltham Forest
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| 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 entry238 applications · 70 places offered · 62 named it first
- 2026 3.4; Waltham Forest median median 2.8
- 2025 4.7; Waltham Forest median median 2.7
- 2024 5.3; Waltham Forest median median 2.8
- 2023 5.0; Waltham Forest median median 2.6
- 2022 4.6; Waltham Forest median median 2.6
- 2021 4.8; Waltham Forest median median 2.9
- 2020 3.6; Waltham Forest median median 3.1
- 2019 3.6; Waltham Forest median median 3.0
- 2018 2.7; Waltham Forest median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2017 3.1; Waltham Forest median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2016 3.1; Waltham Forest median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2015 2.8; Waltham Forest median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.7; Waltham Forest median median 2.7; as the previous school
- This school
- Waltham Forest median
Dashed bars: as George Mitchell School (URN 103096), the previous school.
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.2 per place (85 applications for 38 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
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 | 70 | 238 | 3.4 | 62 | 0.89 |
| Sep 2025 | 72 | 338 | 4.7 | 79 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 64 | 336 | 5.3 | 106 | 1.66 |
| Sep 2023 | 64 | 320 | 5.0 | 95 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2022 | 74 | 342 | 4.6 | 96 | 1.30 |
| Sep 2021 | 70 | 334 | 4.8 | 88 | 1.26 |
| Sep 2020 | 115 | 419 | 3.6 | 132 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2019 | 114 | 407 | 3.6 | 117 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2018 * | 112 | 306 | 2.7 | 85 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2017 * | 78 | 244 | 3.1 | 56 | 0.72 |
| Sep 2016 * | 71 | 220 | 3.1 | 43 | 0.61 |
| Sep 2015 * | 74 | 208 | 2.8 | 47 | 0.64 |
| Sep 2014 * | 78 | 214 | 2.7 | 54 | 0.69 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 113 | 50.2 | 51% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 119 | 47.0 | 47% | 62% | – |
| 2023/24 | 120 | 47.1 | 46% | 69% | −0.24 |
| 2022/23 | 117 | 44.8 | 44% | 59% | −0.08 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- George Mitchell SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20233.4applications per place 50.2Attainment 8
- 0.8 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20231.6applications per place 54.1Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Waltham Forest20262.8applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Waltham ForestGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · Waltham ForestStandards maintained20252.8applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Waltham Forest20263.1applications per place 49.7Attainment 8
- 1.9 km · Waltham ForestStandards maintained20243.2applications per place 57.9Attainment 8
- 2.2 km · NewhamGraded · no overall grade20255.8applications per place 53.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · Waltham ForestRemains Good20232.7applications per place 48.6Attainment 8
- 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
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 145106 · 320/4062
- Trust
- Partnership Learning
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,065 pupils · 973 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 January 2019
- Replaced
- George Mitchell School (URN 103096)
- Address
- Farmer Road, Leyton, London, E10 5DN
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources