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Thorpe Hall Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
123 Hale End Road, Walthamstow, London E17 4DP · thorpehallprimary.com · 020 8527 4062
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Waltham Forest 74%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 358
- 57% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.8%
- First language not English
- 46.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 37 families put the school first and 45 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 45 | 37 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 41 | 34 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 43 | 35 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 38 | 29 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 9% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ●9% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Thorpe Hall Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2011
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2009Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (48 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Replies
- 48
- 12% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 35% who had a child bullied