London
Secondary schools in Waltham Forest
81 schools, 42,371 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 41.3.
Ofsted across Waltham Forest
Good38
Outstanding13
Requires improvement1
No overall grade29
52 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 29 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Waltham Forest
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Girls' School, Waltham ForestFree schools | London | Outstanding 2022 | 63.5 |
| Walthamstow School for GirlsCommunity school | London | No grade | 60 |
| Connaught School for GirlsAcademy converter | London | No grade | 50.6 |
| Walthamstow AcademyAcademy sponsor led | London | Good 2022 | 49.2 |
| Leytonstone SchoolCommunity school | London | No grade | 49 |
| Norlington School and 6th FormAcademy converter | London | Good 2023 | 48.6 |
| Highams Park SchoolAcademy converter | London | Good 2024 | 47.5 |
| Chingford Foundation SchoolAcademy converter | London | Good 2023 | 47.1 |
| George Mitchell SchoolAcademy converter | London | Good 2023 | 47 |
| Frederick Bremer SchoolCommunity school | London | Good 2024 | 46.7 |
| Heathcote School & Science CollegeCommunity school | London | Good 2024 | 46.1 |
| Willowfield SchoolCommunity school | London | No grade | 46.1 |
| Holy Family Catholic SchoolVoluntary aided school | London | Good 2023 | 45.5 |
| Buxton SchoolFoundation school | London | Good 2023 | 45.2 |
| Kelmscott SchoolCommunity school | London | No grade | 43.7 |
| Lammas SchoolAcademy converter | London | No grade | 36.3 |
| South Chingford Foundation SchoolAcademy sponsor led | London | No grade | 32.8 |