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Gwyn Jones Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Hainault Road, London E11 1EU · gwynjonesschool.co.uk · 020 8556 7904
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 55%
- 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
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 432
- 96% of 452 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 23.6%
- First language not English
- 26.2%
- 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, 41 families put the school first and 47 places were offered; 100% 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 | 47 | 41 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 59 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 70 | 1.2▲ | 79% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2025 | 0.37 mi0.59 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.51 mi0.82 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.34 mi0.55 km | |
Results
In 2024/25, 55% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 10% 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 | |||
| ▼55% | 62% | ||
| ●10% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Gwyn Jones Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jun 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jun 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
87% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (54 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 87%
- Replies
- 54
- 13% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 81% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied