Frederick Bremer School
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Waltham Forest
Siddeley Road, London, E17 4EY
66
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
78%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
91.8%
24.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
888
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
78%
1st preference success rate
148 of 189 families who put it first got an offer
158
Places offered
673
Total applications
4.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 189 | 148 | ● 78% |
| 2nd preference | 164 | 5 | ● 3% |
| 3rd preference | 141 | 3 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 179 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Total | 673 | 158 | 23% |
1st preference success by year
Waltham Forest lets families list 6 preferences. 14 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
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jenny Smith
- Address
- Siddeley Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4EY
- Phone
- 02084983340
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Ward / constituency
- Chapel End · Walthamstow
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 103094
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 34% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 28% | — | — |
| SEN support | 18% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
888 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
05 June 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 930 pupils
Attendance
91.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.3%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 45.9 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.25 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 41% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 62% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.04 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.7 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 47.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 63.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 43.6% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.15 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 172 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 174 | 25% | 54% | 68% | |
| English Language | 172 | 20% | 53% | 67% | |
| English Literature | 167 | 19% | 51% | 68% | |
| Combined Science | 137 | 12% | 34% | 50% | |
| Social Studies | 106 | 18% | 48% | 63% | |
| History | 89 | 25% | 56% | 65% | |
| French | 76 | 37% | 71% | 82% | |
| Geography | 56 | 21% | 55% | 66% | |
| Biology | 32 | 63% | 97% | 97% | |
| Drama | 31 | 10% | 39% | 42% | |
| Physics | 31 | 61% | 94% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 31 | 71% | 97% | 100% |
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.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
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.