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Walthamstow School for Girls
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Community school
Church Hill, Walthamstow, London E17 9RZ · wsfg.waltham.sch.uk · 020 8509 9446
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 60
- average Attainment 8 score. Waltham Forest 45.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 0.76 mi
- 1.22 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 1.3
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 895
- 99% of 900 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 25.9%
- First language not English
- 15.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.76 mi (1.22 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.83 mi (1.34 km). Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 231 families put the school first and 173 places were offered; 70% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 173 | 231 | 1.3▲ | 70% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 173 | 218 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 170 | 253 | 1.5▲ | 65% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 178 | 231 | 1.3▲ | 70% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 176 | 237 | 1.3▲ | 70% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.76 mi1.22 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.83 mi1.34 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.69 mi1.11 km | |
| September 2022 | 0.76 mi1.23 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 60, and 72.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Waltham Forest it was 45.3, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲60 | 46 | ||
| ▲72.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲84.4% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲48.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲5.43 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 41.3 | +9.3 |
| Sixth form college | 41.3 | −6.5 |
| Further education | 15.1 | +2.2 |
| Other education | 0.6 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 0.6 | −2.8 |
| Activity not captured | 1.1 | −2.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 4 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Walthamstow School for Girls was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 3 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Feb 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding
What parents said
92% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (132 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 92%
- Replies
- 132
- 15% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 23% who had a child bullied
based on 36 parents (27%) with SEND