Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest
Secondary · Free schools · Girls · Waltham Forest
Blackhorse Lane, London, E17 5SD
83
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
75%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.2%
12.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
617
Capacity used
Has space73%
840 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
75%
1st preference success rate
113 of 150 families who put it first got an offer
123
Places offered
326
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 150 | 113 | ● 75% |
| 2nd preference | 83 | 7 | ● 8% |
| 3rd preference | 49 | 1 | ● 2% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 44 | 2 | ● 5% |
| Total | 326 | 123 | 38% |
1st preference success by year
Waltham Forest lets families list 6 preferences. 70 applications came from outside the council area (9 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Aamena Mayet
- Address
- Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, London, E17 5SD
- Phone
- 02085231810
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Ward / constituency
- Higham Hill · Walthamstow
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140957
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 33% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 69% | — | — |
| SEN support | 3% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: STAR ACADEMIES
617 pupils · 840 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
28 September 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 636 pupils
Attendance
95.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
4.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
12.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.5%
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 | 57.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.94 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 64% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 82% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.58 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 63.5 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 73.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 89.3% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 90.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.05 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 122 | — |
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 | 124 | 36% | 73% | 90% | |
| English Language | 124 | 50% | 86% | 96% | |
| Religious Studies | 121 | 59% | 91% | 96% | |
| English Literature | 119 | 57% | 99% | 100% | |
| Combined Science | 93 | 26% | 74% | 89% | |
| Geography | 62 | 42% | 77% | 87% | |
| History | 59 | 34% | 78% | 86% | |
| French | 48 | 54% | 90% | 94% | |
| Spanish | 45 | 18% | 60% | 73% | |
| Computer Science | 31 | 68% | 97% | 100% | |
| Biology | 29 | 97% | 100% | 100% | |
| Physics | 29 | 79% | 100% | 100% |
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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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) |
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.