Walthamstow School for Girls
Secondary · Community school · Girls · Waltham Forest
Church Hill, London, E17 9RZ
80
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
76%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.8%
16.6% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
895
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
900 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
76%
1st preference success rate
165 of 218 families who put it first got an offer
173
Places offered
519
Total applications
3.0
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 218 | 165 | ● 76% |
| 2nd preference | 141 | 8 | ● 6% |
| 3rd preference | 87 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 73 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 519 | 173 | 33% |
1st preference success by year
Waltham Forest lets families list 6 preferences. 27 applications came from outside the council area (1 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
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Helen Marriott
- Address
- Church Hill, Walthamstow, London, E17 9RZ
- Phone
- 02085099446
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Ward / constituency
- Hoe Street · Walthamstow
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 103103
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 26% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 16% | — | — |
| SEN support | 11% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
895 pupils · 900 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
04 December 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 910 pupils
Attendance
93.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
16.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
0.3%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.0%
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 | 56.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.43 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 67% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 83% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.95 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 60 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 72.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 84.4% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 48% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.43 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 179 | — |
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 | 180 | 34% | 74% | 87% | |
| English Language | 179 | 45% | 79% | 91% | |
| English Literature | 177 | 51% | 86% | 92% | |
| Combined Science | 132 | 25% | 60% | 74% | |
| Art and Design | 92 | 40% | 76% | 87% | |
| History | 78 | 56% | 77% | 83% | |
| Spanish | 70 | 56% | 79% | 87% | |
| Business | 68 | 24% | 51% | 68% | |
| Geography | 68 | 37% | 78% | 90% | |
| Religious Studies | 62 | 56% | 81% | 87% | |
| Biology | 46 | 63% | 93% | 100% | |
| Physics | 46 | 50% | 89% | 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.