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Whitehall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
90 Normanton Park, London E4 6ES · whitehallprimary.com · 020 8529 3813
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Waltham Forest 74%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.75 mi
- 1.20 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 452
- 94% of 481 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 21.3%
- First language not English
- 18.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.75 mi (1.20 km) from the school. Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 56 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 89% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 56 | 0.9 | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 51 | 46 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 49 | 49 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 59 | 1 | 93% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 42 | 0.7 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.75 mi1.20 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.97 mi1.56 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
Results
In 2024/25, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Waltham Forest it was 74%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 8 February 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Whitehall Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Oct 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
59% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (128 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 59%
- Replies
- 128
- 27% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 42% who had a child bullied
based on 29 parents (23%) with SEND