Schools

Epping Forest schools and Ofsted

Every state school and nursery in Epping Forest, 46 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 85% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 8 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.

46state schools and nurseries

85%good or betterat their last inspection

8new report cardssince November 2025

5inspections publishedin the last six months

Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.

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Latest inspections

Lambourne Primary School: new Ofsted report card 21 September
Coppice Primary School: new Ofsted report card 16 September
Stapleford Abbotts Primary Academy: new Ofsted report card 15 September
King Harold Business & Enterprise Academy: new Ofsted report card 18 June
Epping St John's Church of England School: new Ofsted report card 17 May

Every school


Buckhurst Hill Community Primary SchoolIG9 6DS	Primary	Buckhurst Hill	Standards maintained (2025)
Chigwell Primary AcademyIG7 6ED	Primary	Chigwell	School remains Good (2023)
Chigwell Row Infant SchoolIG7 6EZ	Primary	Chigwell Row	Good (2023)
Chipping Ongar Primary SchoolCM5 9LA	Primary	Chipping Ongar	Good (2023)
Churchgate Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, HarlowCM17 0LB	Primary	Sheering	Good (2024)
Coopersale and Theydon Garnon Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCM16 7QX	Primary	Coopersale	School remains Good (2023)
Coppice Primary SchoolIG7 4AL	Primary	Chigwell Row	Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6
Davenant Foundation SchoolIG10 2LD	Secondary	Debden Green	Report card Mar 2026: Strong standard in 6, expected standard in 1
Debden Park High SchoolIG10 2BQ	Secondary	Debden Green	Outstanding in 2, good in 2 (2025)
Dr Walker's CofE Primary SchoolCM5 0RG	Primary	Fyfield	Requires improvement (2024)
Epping Primary SchoolCM16 5DU	Primary	Epping	Good (2022)
Epping St John's Church of England SchoolCM16 5JB	Secondary	Epping	Report card May 2026: Expected standard in 6, needs attention in 1
Forest AcademyIG6 3TN	Secondary	Chigwell Row	Good (2023)
Hawkswood Primary PRUE4 7RT	Alternative provision	Sewardstonebury	School remains Outstanding (2024)
Hawkswood TherapeuticE4 7RT	Alternative provision	Sewardstonebury	Report card Feb 2026: Strong standard in every area
Hereward Primary SchoolIG10 2HR	Primary	Debden Green	Outstanding (2024)
High Beech CofE Primary SchoolIG10 4AP	Primary	Sewardstonebury	Good (2023)
High Ongar Primary SchoolCM5 9NB	Primary	High Ongar	Good (2023)
Hillhouse CofE Primary SchoolEN9 3EL	Primary	Waltham Abbey	School remains Good (2023)
Ivy Chimneys Primary SchoolCM16 4EP	Primary	Ivy Chimneys	School remains Good (2022)
King Harold Business & Enterprise AcademyEN9 1LF	Secondary	Waltham Abbey	Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 2, needs attention in 4
Lambourne Primary SchoolRM4 1AU	Primary	Abridge	Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in every area
Leverton Primary SchoolEN9 3BE	Primary	Waltham Abbey	Standards maintained (2024)
Little Hallingbury Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCM22 7RE	Primary	Lower Sheering	Standards maintained (2024)
Matching Green Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCM17 0QB	Primary	Matching Green	Good (2023)
Moreton Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolCM5 0JD	Primary	Moreton	Good (2023)
Nazeing Primary SchoolEN9 2HS	Primary	Lower Nazeing	School remains Good (2023)
Oak View SchoolIG10 1TS	Special	Loughton	Good (2023)
Ongar Primary SchoolCM5 0FF	Primary	Chipping Ongar	School remains Good (2023)
Roding Valley High SchoolIG10 3JA	Secondary	Loughton	Good (2022)
Roydon Primary AcademyCM19 5HN	Primary	Roydon	School remains Good (2024)
Sheering Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolCM22 7LU	Primary	Sheering	Good in 1, requires improvement in 3 (2025)
St Andrew's CofE Primary SchoolCM16 6EH	Primary	North Weald	School remains Good (2023)
St John Fisher Catholic Primary SchoolIG10 2DY	Primary	Debden Green	Report card Feb 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 3
St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Buckhurst HillIG9 5RX	Primary	Buckhurst Hill	School remains Good (2022)
Stapleford Abbotts Primary AcademyRM4 1EJ	Primary	Stapleford Abbotts	Report card Sept 2026: Expected standard in 6, needs attention in 1
Staples Road Primary SchoolIG10 1HR	Primary	Loughton	School remains Good (2022)
The Alderton Infant School and NurseryIG10 3HE	Primary	Loughton	Good (2023)
The Alderton Junior SchoolIG10 3HE	Primary	Loughton	Good (2023)
The Ongar AcademyCM5 0AN	Secondary	Chipping Ongar	School remains Good (2023)
Theydon Bois Primary SchoolCM16 7DH	Primary	Theydon Bois	School remains Good (2022)
Thomas Willingale Primary School and NurseryIG10 3SR	Primary	Debden Green	School remains Good (2023)
Upshire Primary Foundation SchoolEN9 3PX	Primary	Waltham Abbey	Good in 2, requires improvement in 2 (2025)
Waltham Holy Cross Primary AcademyEN9 1LG	Primary	Waltham Abbey	Good (2024)
White Bridge Primary SchoolIG10 3DR	Primary	Loughton	Good (2024)
Yardley Primary SchoolE4 7PH	Primary	Sewardstonebury	Outstanding (2023)

How the new report cards work

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 8 Epping Forest report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 32 times, strong standard 13 times, needs attention 9 times.

Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.

Where the figures come from

Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at CM, IG, EN, RM and E postcodes and show here the ones in Epping Forest. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.

Schools in every area

Questions people ask

How many schools in Epping Forest are rated good or better?

85% of the 46 state schools and nurseries in Epping Forest were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.

What are Ofsted report cards?

Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.

How many schools are there in Epping Forest?

There are 46 state-funded schools and nurseries in Epping Forest: 36 primary, 7 secondary, 2 alternative provision, 1 special.