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Mission Grove Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Buxton Road, Walthamstow, London E17 7EJ · missiongroveschool.co.uk · 020 8520 3487
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jul 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 46%
- 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
- 805
- 89% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 26.1%
- First language not English
- 49.1%
- 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, 69 families put the school first and 79 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 | 79 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 105 | 96 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 85 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 73 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 88 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 46% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% 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 | |||
| ▼46% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▼100 | 105 | ||
| ▼101 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 12 July 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Mission Grove Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 11 Jul 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2012
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jul 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (52 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 52
- 6% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied