Schools

Waltham Forest schools and Ofsted

Every state school and nursery in Waltham Forest, 70 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 96% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 10 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.

70state schools and nurseries

96%good or betterat their last inspection

10new 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

St Mary's CofE Primary School: new Ofsted report card 28 September
Church Hill Nursery School: new Ofsted report card 9 September
Greenleaf Primary School: new Ofsted report card 8 September
Lammas School: new Ofsted report card 7 June
St Joseph's Catholic Infant School: new Ofsted report card 20 May

Every school


Acacia NurseryE11 3HF	Nursery	Leytonstone	Outstanding (2023)
Ainslie Wood Primary SchoolE4 9DD	Primary	Highams Park	Good (2023)
Barclay Primary SchoolE10 6EJ	Primary	Upper Walthamstow	Report card Mar 2026: Exceptional in 3, strong standard in 4
Barn Croft Primary SchoolE17 8SB	Primary	Leyton	Good in every area (2025)
Belmont Park SchoolE10 6DB	Special	Leyton	Good in every area (2025)
Burnside Secondary PRUE4 8YJ	Alternative provision	Highams Park	School remains Good (2022)
Chapel End Infant School and Early Years CentreE17 4LN	Primary	Hale End	School remains Good (2022)
Chapel End Junior AcademyE17 4LS	Primary	Hale End	School remains Good (2024)
Chase Lane Primary SchoolE4 8LA	Primary	Highams Park	School remains Good (2023)
Chingford CofE Primary SchoolE4 7EY	Primary	Chingford	Outstanding in 2, good in 2 (2024)
Chingford Foundation SchoolE4 7LT	Secondary	Chingford	Good (2023)
Church Hill Nursery SchoolE17 9SB	Nursery	Walthamstow	Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in every area
Connaught School for GirlsE11 4AE	Secondary	Leytonstone	Good in every area (2025)
Coppermill Primary SchoolE17 6PB	Primary	Walthamstow	School remains Good (2024)
Davies Lane Primary SchoolE11 3DR	Primary	Leytonstone	Outstanding (2024)
Dawlish Primary SchoolE10 6NN	Primary	Leyton	School remains Good (2023)
Edinburgh Primary SchoolE17 8QR	Primary	Walthamstow	School remains Good (improving) (2024)
Emmanuel Community SchoolE17 3BN	Primary	Walthamstow	Requires improvement (2024)
Frederick Bremer SchoolE17 4EY	Secondary	Upper Walthamstow	School remains Good (2024)
George Mitchell SchoolE10 5DN	Secondary	Leyton	Good (2023)
George Tomlinson Primary SchoolE11 4QN	Primary	Leytonstone	School remains Good (2023)
Greenleaf Primary SchoolE17 6QW	Primary	Walthamstow	Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 6, expected standard in 1
Gwyn Jones Primary SchoolE11 1EU	Primary	Leytonstone	Standards maintained (2025)
Handsworth Primary SchoolE4 9PJ	Primary	Highams Park	Good (2023)
Heathcote School & Science CollegeE4 6ES	Secondary	Chingford	School remains Good (2024)
Henry Maynard Primary SchoolE17 9JE	Primary	Upper Walthamstow	Good (2023)
Highams Park SchoolE4 9PJ	Secondary	Highams Park	Good (2024)
Hillyfield Primary AcademyE17 6ED	Primary	Higham Hill	School remains Good (improving) (2024)
Holy Family Catholic SchoolE17 3EA	Secondary	Upper Walthamstow	Good (2023)
Joseph Clarke SchoolE4 9PP	Special	Hale End	School remains Good (2022)
Kelmscott SchoolE17 8DN	Secondary	Leyton	Standards maintained (2025)
Lammas SchoolE10 7LX	Secondary	Leyton	Report card Jun 2026: Expected standard in 4, needs attention in 2
Leytonstone SchoolE11 1JD	Secondary	Leytonstone	Report card Mar 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 5
Lime Academy HornbeamE17 5NT	Special	Higham Hill	School remains Good (2024)
Lime Academy LarkswoodE4 8ET	Primary	Highams Park	Good (2023)
Longshaw Primary AcademyE4 6LH	Primary	Chingford	Good (2023)
Low Hall Nursery SchoolE17 8BE	Nursery	Walthamstow	Outstanding (2023)
Mayville AcademyE11 4PZ	Primary	Leytonstone	Good (2024)
Mission Grove Primary SchoolE17 7EJ	Primary	Walthamstow	School remains Good (2023)
Newport SchoolE10 6PJ	Primary	Leytonstone	Outstanding in every area (2024)
Norlington School and 6th FormE10 6JZ	Secondary	Leyton	School remains Good (2024)
Oakhill Primary SchoolIG8 9PY	Primary	Hale End	Outstanding in every area (2025)
Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary SchoolE17 3EA	Primary	Upper Walthamstow	Standards maintained (2025)
Parkside Primary SchoolE4 6RE	Primary	Chingford	School remains Good (2023)
Riverley Primary SchoolE10 7BZ	Primary	Leyton	School remains Outstanding (2023)
Roger Ascham Primary SchoolE17 5HU	Primary	Higham Hill	School remains Good (improving) (2024)
Salisbury Manor Primary SchoolE4 8YJ	Primary	Highams Park	Good (2023)
Selwyn Primary SchoolE4 9NE	Primary	Highams Park	Outstanding (2022)
South Chingford Foundation SchoolE4 8SG	Secondary	Highams Park	Report card Mar 2026: Needs attention in every area
South Grove Primary SchoolE17 8PW	Primary	Walthamstow	School remains Outstanding (2024)
St Joseph's Catholic Infant SchoolE10 7BL	Primary	Leyton	Report card May 2026: Strong standard in every area
St Joseph's Catholic Junior SchoolE10 5DX	Primary	Leyton	School remains Good (2023)
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolE4 7BJ	Primary	Chingford	Good (2024)
St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolE17 9HJ	Primary	Upper Walthamstow	Report card Sept 2026: Exceptional in every area
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolE17 7DP	Primary	Walthamstow	Good (2023)
St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolE17 8ER	Primary	Leyton	Standards maintained (2025)
Stoneydown Park SchoolE17 6JY	Primary	Higham Hill	School remains Good (2023)
Sybourn Primary SchoolE17 8HA	Primary	Leyton	Outstanding (2023)
The Winns Primary SchoolE17 5ET	Primary	Higham Hill	School remains Good (2023)
The Woodside Primary AcademyE17 3JX	Primary	Upper Walthamstow	School remains Outstanding (2023)
Thomas Gamuel Primary SchoolE17 8LG	Primary	Leyton	Report card Mar 2026: Strong standard in 4, expected standard in 3
Thorpe Hall Primary SchoolE17 4DP	Primary	Hale End	School remains Good (2023)
Walthamstow AcademyE17 5DP	Secondary	Higham Hill	School remains Good (2023)
Walthamstow Primary AcademyE17 5DP	Primary	Higham Hill	School remains Good (2024)
Walthamstow School for GirlsE17 9RZ	Secondary	Walthamstow	Standards maintained (2025)
Whitefield SchoolE17 4AZ	Special	Hale End	Good (2023)
Whitehall Primary SchoolE4 6ES	Primary	Chingford	School remains Good (2023)
Whittingham Primary AcademyE17 5QX	Primary	Higham Hill	Improved significantly (2025)
Willow Brook Primary School AcademyE10 7BH	Primary	Leyton	School remains Outstanding (2023)
Willowfield SchoolE17 6ND	Secondary	Higham Hill	Report card Apr 2026: Expected standard in every area

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 10 Waltham Forest report cards so far, the grades given were: strong standard 28 times, expected standard 19 times, exceptional 10 times, needs attention 8 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 E and IG postcodes and show here the ones in Waltham Forest. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.