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Kelmscott School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Community school
245 Markhouse Road, Walthamstow, London E17 8DN · kelmscottschool.co.uk · 020 8521 2115
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 43.7
- average Attainment 8 score. Waltham Forest 45.3, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 0.83 mi
- 1.33 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Waltham Forest Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,137
- 95% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- First language not English
- 58%
- 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 0.83 mi (1.33 km) from the school. Source: Waltham Forest Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 234 families put the school first and 222 places were offered; 81% 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 | 222 | 234 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 221 | 172 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 227 | 175 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 229 | 140 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 177 | 106 | 0.6 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.83 mi1.33 km | |
| September 2025 | All | |
| September 2024 | All | |
| September 2022 | All | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 43.7, and 37.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼43.7 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼37.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼33.7% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.81 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 14.9 | +5.4 |
| Sixth form college | 44.7 | −6.6 |
| Further education | 27.3 | +3.2 |
| Other education | 1.2 | −2 |
| Employment | 1.9 | 0 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 3.7 | −0.1 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2016/17
| Further and other education | 43 |
|---|---|
| Further education | 29 |
| Other education | 14 |
| Employment | 14 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 29 |
| Activity not captured | 14 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 January 2025, Ofsted’s outcome for Kelmscott School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2016Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Dec 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (178 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 178
- 16% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 68% who raised concerns
based on the 30% who had a child bullied
based on 39 parents (22%) with SEND