Whitefield School
Academy special converter · Mixed · Waltham Forest
Macdonald Road, London, E17 4AZ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 10/05/2023
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
84.8%
46.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
366
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
374 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Details
- Type
- Academy special converter
- Age range
- 2–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Headteacher
- Jim Robinson
- Address
- Macdonald Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4AZ
- Phone
- 02085313426
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Ward / constituency
- Chapel End · Chingford and Woodford Green
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140795
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 43% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 47% | — | — |
| SEN support | 0% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LEARNING IN HARMONY MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
366 pupils · 374 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
10 May 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Early years Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 285 pupils
Attendance
84.8%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
15.2%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
46.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
6.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.1%
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.
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 0% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 0% | 8% |
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils in cohort | 29 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2021/2022)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.