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Greenleaf Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
80 Greenleaf Road, Walthamstow, London E17 6QW · greenleafschool.org.uk · 020 8520 7963
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jun 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Waltham Forest 74%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.46 mi
- 0.74 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 464
- 98% of 472 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 19.6%
- First language not English
- 55.6%
- 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 0.46 mi (742 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.24 mi (393 m). Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 86% 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 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 79 | 1.3▲ | 73% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 59 | 1 | 90% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 77 | 1.3▲ | 77% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.46 mi0.74 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.24 mi0.39 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.41 mi0.66 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.34 mi0.54 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.36 mi0.59 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 31% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲31% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Greenleaf Primary School on 23 June 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Strong standard
- Early years: Strong standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 23 Jun 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Strong standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Strong standard |
| Early years | Strong standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2022Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Nov 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (110 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 84%
- Replies
- 110
- 23% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied
based on 20 parents (18%) with SEND