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Schools in Waltham Forest

84 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Waltham Forest has 79 state schools: 51 primary, 15 secondary, 2 all-through, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 41,707 pupils. 66 have enough published data for a score, averaging 6.5 out of 10, and 17 score 8 or above.

15 have a sixth form. 45 take children from age three or under. 12 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

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Woodford Green 15 schools

Acacia Nursery London · Outstanding Ainslie Wood Primary School London · Good Barclay Primary School London · Outstanding Barn Croft Primary School London · Not judged Belmont Park School London · Not judged Big Creative Academy London · Outstanding Big Creative Independent School Walthamstow · Good Buxton School London · Good Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre London · Good Chapel End Junior Academy London · Good Chase Lane Primary School London · Good Chingford CofE Primary School London · Not judged Chingford Foundation School London · Good Church Hill Nursery School London · Outstanding Connaught School for Girls London · Not judged Coppermill Primary School London · Good Davies Lane Primary School London · Outstanding Dawlish Primary School London · Good Downsell Primary School London · Good Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest London · Outstanding Edinburgh Primary School London · Good Emmanuel Community School London · Requires improvement Forest School London Frederick Bremer School London · Good George Mitchell School London · Good George Tomlinson Primary School London · Good Greenleaf Primary School London · Good Gwyn Jones Primary School London · Good Handsworth Primary School London · Good Heathcote School & Science College London · Good Henry Maynard Primary School London · Good Highams Park School London · Good Hillyfield Primary Academy London · Good Holy Family Catholic School London · Good Joseph Clarke School London · Good Kelmscott School London · Good Lammas School London · Requires improvement Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School London · Good Leyton Sixth Form College London · Good Leytonstone School London · Good Lime Academy Hornbeam London · Good Lime Academy Larkswood London · Good Longshaw Primary Academy London · Good Low Hall Nursery School London · Outstanding Mayville Academy London · Good Mission Grove Primary School London · Good Newport School London · Not judged Noor Ul Islam Primary School London · Good Norlington School and 6th Form London · Good Normanhurst School London Oakhill Primary School Woodford Green · Not judged Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School London · Good Parkside Primary School Chingford · Good Riverley Primary School London · Outstanding Roger Ascham Primary School London · Good Salisbury Manor Primary School London · Good Selwyn Primary School London · Outstanding Sir George Monoux College London · Good South Chingford Foundation School London · Good South Grove Primary School London · Outstanding St Joseph's Catholic Infant School London · Good St Joseph's Catholic Junior School London · Good St Mary's Catholic Primary School London · Good St Mary's CofE Primary School London · Outstanding St Patrick's Catholic Primary School London · Good St Saviour's Church of England Primary School London · Outstanding Stoneydown Park School London · Good Sybourn Primary School London · Outstanding The Jenny Hammond Primary School London · Good The Winns Primary School London · Good The Woodside Primary Academy London · Outstanding Thomas Gamuel Primary School London · Good Thorpe Hall Primary School London · Good Waltham Forest College London · Outstanding Walthamstow Academy London · Good Walthamstow Primary Academy London · Good Walthamstow School for Girls London · Outstanding Whitefield School London · Good Whitehall Primary School London · Good Whittingham Primary Academy London · Good Willow Brook Primary School Academy London · Outstanding Willowfield School London · Good Woodford Green Primary School Woodford Green · Not judged Yardley Primary School London · Outstanding

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

South Chingford Foundation School Good · ×0.44 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Dawlish Primary School Good · ×0.53 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Longshaw Primary Academy Good · ×0.57 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Willowfield School Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Chingford Foundation School Good · ×0.71 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Holy Family Catholic School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thomas Gamuel Primary School Good · ×0.77 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Norlington School and 6th Form Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Thorpe Hall Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Edinburgh Primary School Good · ×0.83 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Waltham Forest

Primary schools: Fairly complete published criteria list (EHC, LAC, medical/social, at-risk, feeder link, sibling, staff) with no catchment/priority-area criterion present. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	2027-10-31
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	2028-01-15
Sept 2028	Offer day	2028-03-01
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	2028-04-17
Sept 2027	Application deadline	2026-10-31
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	2027-01-15
Sept 2027	Offer day	2027-03-01
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	2027-04-16
Sept 2026	Application deadline	2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	2026-04-16 (passed)

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