Schools in Waltham Forest

• 84open schools
• 52primary
• 17secondary
• 5independent
• 42,864pupils

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Latest Ofsted inspections in Waltham Forest

How the latest inspection of each open school here was reported. Ofsted has changed how it reports several times, so these can’t be added up into one score. Why.

Overall grade given (before Sept 2024)22

Ungraded inspection38

Sub-grades, no overall grade (Sept 2024 to Nov 2025)7

Report card (from Nov 2025)11

Of the schools whose latest inspection gave an overall grade:

Outstanding7

Good15

Requires improvement1

Inadequate0

84 schools, A to Z — page 1 of 2.

• Acacia Nursery

  Nursery · Local authority nursery school · ages 2 to 5 · 130 pupils

  Cecil Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3HF

  Ofsted 7 Jun 2023: Outstanding

• Ainslie Wood Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 451 pupils

  140 Ainslie Wood Road, Waltham Forest, London, E4 9DD

  Ofsted 11 Jul 2023: Good

• Barclay Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 1,273 pupils

  155 Canterbury Road, Leyton, London, E10 6EJ

  Ofsted report card, 3 Feb 2026

• Barn Croft Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 170 pupils

  2 Brunel Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8SB

  Ofsted 8 Jul 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Belmont Park School

  Special school · Community special school · ages 11 to 16 · 47 pupils

  Leyton Green Road, Leyton, Waltham Forest, London, E10 6DB

  Ofsted 10 Jun 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Big Creative Academy

  Sixth form and 16 to 19 · Free schools 16 to 19 · ages 16 to 19 · 0 pupils

  38, Clifton Avenue, Walthamstow, London, E17 6HL

  No inspection in this data yet

• Big Creative Independent School

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 14 to 16 · 9 pupils

  Uplands House, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, E17 5QJ

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Independent

• Burnside Secondary PRU

  Alternative provision · Pupil referral unit · ages 11 to 16 · 19 pupils

  Burnside Avenue, 2 Burnside Avenue, Chingford, London, E4 8YJ

  Ofsted 22 Jun 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Buxton School

  All-through · Foundation school · ages 3 to 16 · 1,065 pupils

  234 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3NN

  Ofsted 21 Jun 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre

  Primary · Community school · ages 2 to 7 · 249 pupils

  Beresford Road, London, E17 4LN

  Ofsted 15 Sep 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Chapel End Junior Academy

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 7 to 11 · 229 pupils

  Roberts Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4LS

  Ofsted 17 Jul 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Chase Lane Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 680 pupils

  York Road, Chingford, London, E4 8LA

  Ofsted 14 Dec 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Chingford CofE Primary School

  Primary · Voluntary controlled school · ages 4 to 11 · 406 pupils

  King's Road, London, E4 7EY

  Ofsted 12 Nov 2024: no overall grade (see grades)

  Church of England

• Chingford Foundation School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,363 pupils

  Nevin Drive, Chingford, London, E4 7LT

  Ofsted 4 Oct 2023: Good

• Church Hill Nursery School

  Nursery · Local authority nursery school · ages 2 to 5 · 88 pupils

  Woodbury Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 9SB

  Ofsted report card, 30 Jun 2026

• Connaught School for Girls

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 16 · Girls · 550 pupils

  Dyers Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4AE

  Ofsted 25 Feb 2025: no overall grade (see grades)

• Coppermill Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 195 pupils

  Edward Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 6PB

  Ofsted 14 Jun 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Davies Lane Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 2 to 11 · 927 pupils

  Davies Lane, Leytonstone, London, E11 3DR

  Ofsted 18 Jun 2024: Outstanding

• Dawlish Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 158 pupils

  Jesse Road, London, E10 6NN

  Ofsted 20 Apr 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Downsell Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 2 to 11 · 426 pupils

  Downsell Road, Leyton, London, E15 2BS

  Ofsted 29 Nov 2023: Good

• Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest

  Secondary · Free schools · ages 11 to 18 · Girls · 617 pupils

  Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, London, E17 5SD

  Ofsted 28 Sep 2022 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

  Muslim

• Edinburgh Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 153 pupils

  Queen's Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8QR

  Ofsted 21 Mar 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

• Emmanuel Community School

  Primary · Free schools · ages 4 to 11 · 82 pupils

  The Drive, Walthamstow, London, E17 3BN

  Ofsted 23 Apr 2024: Requires improvement

  Christian

• Forest School

  All-through · Other independent school · ages 4 to 18 · 1,605 pupils

  College Place, Snaresbrook, London, E17 3PY

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Church of England Independent

• Frederick Bremer School

  Secondary · Community school · ages 11 to 16 · 888 pupils

  Siddeley Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4EY

  Ofsted 5 Jun 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• George Mitchell School

  All-through · Academy converter · ages 3 to 16 · 973 pupils

  Farmer Road, Leyton, London, E10 5DN

  Ofsted 6 Jun 2023: Good

• George Tomlinson Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 554 pupils

  Harrington Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4QN

  Ofsted 9 Jun 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Greenleaf Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 464 pupils

  80 Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 6QW

  Ofsted report card, 23 Jun 2026

• Gwyn Jones Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 432 pupils

  Hainault Road, London, E11 1EU

  Ofsted 6 Nov 2024 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Handsworth Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 418 pupils

  Handsworth Avenue, Highams Park, London, E4 9PJ

  Ofsted 20 Jun 2023: Good

• Hawkswood Primary PRU

  Alternative provision · Pupil referral unit · ages 4 to 11 · 0 pupils

  Antlers Hill, Chingford, London, E4 7RT

  Ofsted 6 Mar 2024 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• Hawkswood Therapeutic

  Alternative provision · Pupil referral unit · ages 11 to 16 · 0 pupils

  Antlers Hill, Chingford, E4 7RT

  Ofsted report card, 25 Nov 2025

• Heathcote School & Science College

  Secondary · Community school · ages 11 to 18 · 1,115 pupils

  Normanton Park, Chingford, London, E4 6ES

  Ofsted 29 Feb 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Henry Maynard Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 745 pupils

  101 Maynard Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 9JE

  Ofsted 19 Sep 2023: Good

• Highams Park School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · 1,592 pupils

  34 Handsworth Avenue, Highams Park, London, E4 9PJ

  Ofsted 22 May 2024: Good

• Hillyfield Primary Academy

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 1,123 pupils

  Higham Hill Road, London, E17 6ED

  Ofsted 5 Jun 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

• Holy Family Catholic School

  Secondary · Voluntary aided school · ages 11 to 18 · 1,175 pupils

  1 Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 3EA

  Ofsted 21 Mar 2023: Good

  Roman Catholic

• Joseph Clarke School

  Special school · Academy special sponsor led · ages 2 to 18 · 111 pupils

  Vincent Road, London, E4 9PP

  Ofsted 10 Nov 2022 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Kelmscott School

  Secondary · Community school · ages 11 to 16 · 1,137 pupils

  245 Markhouse Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8DN

  Ofsted 15 Jan 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained

• Lammas School

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 16 · 462 pupils

  150 Seymour Road, Leyton, London, E10 7LX

  Ofsted report card, 10 Mar 2026

• Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School

  Secondary · Other independent school · ages 10 to 16 · Boys · 86 pupils

  30-36 Lindley Road, Leyton, London, E10 6QT

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Muslim Independent

• Leytonstone School

  Secondary · Community school · ages 11 to 16 · 1,028 pupils

  Colworth Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 1JD

  Ofsted report card, 13 Jan 2026

• Lime Academy Hornbeam

  Special school · Academy special converter · ages 2 to 19 · 294 pupils

  Folly Lane, Walthamstow, London, E17 5NT

  Ofsted 6 Dec 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Lime Academy Larkswood

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 2 to 11 · 510 pupils

  New Road, London, E4 8ET

  Ofsted 11 Jul 2023: Good

• Longshaw Primary Academy

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 3 to 11 · 221 pupils

  Longshaw Road, Chingford, London, E4 6LH

  Ofsted 26 Sep 2023: Good

• Low Hall Nursery School

  Nursery · Local authority nursery school · ages 2 to 5 · 66 pupils

  Low Hall Lane, Walthamstow, London, E17 8BE

  Ofsted 17 Oct 2023: Outstanding

• Mayville Academy

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 274 pupils

  Lincoln Street, London, E11 4PZ

  Ofsted 8 May 2024: Good

• Mission Grove Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 805 pupils

  Buxton Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 7EJ

  Ofsted 12 Jul 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Newport School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 849 pupils

  Newport Road, London, E10 6PJ

  Ofsted 29 Oct 2024: no overall grade (see grades)

• Noor Ul Islam Primary School

  Primary · Other independent school · ages 4 to 11 · 145 pupils

  135 Dawlish Road, Leyton, London, E10 6QW

  Independent: inspected by Ofsted (not in Ofsted’s state-school data)

  Islam Independent

• Norlington School and 6th Form

  Secondary · Academy converter · ages 11 to 18 · Boys · 895 pupils

  Norlington Road, Leyton, London, E10 6JZ

  Ofsted 30 Nov 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Normanhurst School

  All-through · Other independent school · ages 2 to 16 · 213 pupils

  68-74 Station Road, North Chingford, London, E4 7BA

  Independent: inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate

  Independent

• Oakhill Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 4 to 11 · 207 pupils

  Alders Avenue, Woodford Green, IG8 9PY

  Ofsted 26 Nov 2024: no overall grade (see grades)

• Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11

  Shernhall Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 3EA

  Ofsted 25 Jun 2025 (ungraded): Standards maintained (predecessor school)

  Roman Catholic

• Parkside Primary School

  Primary · Community school · ages 3 to 11 · 672 pupils

  21 Wellington Avenue, Chingford, E4 6RE

  Ofsted 9 Mar 2023 (ungraded): School remains Good

• Riverley Primary School

  Primary · Academy sponsor led · ages 3 to 11 · 437 pupils

  Park Road, Leyton, London, E10 7BZ

  Ofsted 23 Feb 2023 (ungraded): School remains Outstanding

• Roger Ascham Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 418 pupils

  1 Wigton Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 5HU

  Ofsted 17 Jul 2024 (ungraded): School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

• Salisbury Manor Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 3 to 11 · 268 pupils

  4 Burnside Avenue, London, E4 8YJ

  Ofsted 12 Sep 2023: Good

• Selwyn Primary School

  Primary · Academy converter · ages 2 to 11 · 721 pupils

  105 Selwyn Avenue, London, E4 9NE

  Ofsted 10 May 2022: Outstanding

• South Chingford Foundation School

  Secondary · Academy sponsor led · ages 11 to 18 · 547 pupils

  Stadium Close, Chingford, London, E4 8SG

  Ofsted report card, 20 Jan 2026

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