Connaught School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · Girls · Waltham Forest
Dyers Hall Road, London, E11 4AE
72
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 25/02/2025
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
92.5%
26.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
550
Capacity used
Has space87%
632 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
69 of 69 families who put it first got an offer
97
Places offered
234
Total applications
2.4
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 69 | 69 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 49 | 13 | ● 27% |
| 3rd preference | 55 | 7 | ● 13% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 61 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 234 | 91 | 39% |
1st preference success by year
Waltham Forest lets families list 6 preferences. 32 applications came from outside the council area (4 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Alex Silk
- Address
- Dyers Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4AE
- Phone
- 02085393029
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Ward / constituency
- Leytonstone · Leyton and Wanstead
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 139293
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 40% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 26% | — | — |
| SEN support | 7% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: CONNAUGHT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
550 pupils · 632 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
25 February 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 19
04 October 2019
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 637 pupils
Attendance
92.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
7.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
26.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.0%
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 | 50.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.18 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 45% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 70% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.60 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 45% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 69.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 96.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.72 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 120 | — |
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 | 119 | 15% | 46% | 70% | |
| English Language | 119 | 22% | 77% | 87% | |
| Religious Studies | 119 | 24% | 59% | 75% | |
| English Literature | 118 | 34% | 81% | 91% | |
| Combined Science | 90 | 7% | 37% | 56% | |
| Geography | 78 | 13% | 45% | 58% | |
| Spanish | 71 | 14% | 24% | 38% | |
| History | 65 | 29% | 54% | 63% | |
| Social Studies | 57 | 28% | 72% | 81% | |
| Art and Design | 56 | 5% | 30% | 46% | |
| French | 47 | 28% | 57% | 68% | |
| Biology | 29 | 45% | 83% | 97% |
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.