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Edinburgh Primary School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Waltham Forest

Queen's Road, London, E17 8QR

Website 02085096180

72

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.0%

10.2% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

153

Capacity used

Has space

24%

630 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

10 of 10 families who put it first got an offer

12

Places offered

73

Total applications

6.1

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference1010● 100%
2nd preference161● 6%
3rd preference140● 0%
Later preferences (4th–6th)331● 3%
Total731216%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Waltham Forest lets families list 6 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Ellie Green
Address
Queen's Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8QR
Phone
02085096180
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Ward / constituency
Markhouse · Walthamstow
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
103053

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals38%——
English as additional language50%——
SEN support23%——
48% boys (73)52% girls (80)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

153 pupils · 630 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    21 March 2024

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
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Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 186 pupils

Attendance

95.0%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

5.0%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

10.2%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.7%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

5%
20/21
15%
21/22
13%
22/23
9%
23/24
10%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results (Key Stage 2)

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Expected standard in reading, writing & maths72%——
Higher standard7%——
Reading progress——0.0
Writing progress——0.0
Maths progress——0.0

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard57%
-5% vs England
Higher standard17%
+9% vs England

Reading

Expected standard80%
+5% vs England
Higher standard27%
-6% vs England
Average score105
-1 vs England

Writing

Expected standard93%
+21% vs England
Greater depth27%
+14% vs England

Maths

Expected standard63%
-11% vs England
Higher standard27%
+1% vs England
Average score103
-2 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard77%
+4% vs England
Higher standard37%
+7% vs England
Average score106
+1 vs England

Science

Expected standard90%
+8% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

712019672023722024572025

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)57%61%
Higher standard17%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Waltham Forest council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.