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Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–18 · Free school
Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, London E17 5SD · edengirlswalthamforest.com · 020 8523 1810
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Sept 2022
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 63.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Waltham Forest 45.3, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 617
- 73% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Sixth form
- No
- Free school meals
- 33.2%
- First language not English
- 74.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Star Academies
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 171 families put the school first and 122 places were offered; 65% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 122 | 171 | 1.4▲ | 65% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 123 | 150 | 1.2▲ | 75% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 121 | 187 | 1.5▲ | 59% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 123 | 174 | 1.4▲ | 63% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 123 | 157 | 1.3▲ | 67% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 63.5, and 73.8% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲63.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲73.8% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲89.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲90.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲6.05 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 46 | −6.1 |
| Sixth form college | 38.7 | +1.7 |
| Further education | 7.3 | +1.4 |
| Employment | 0.8 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.4 | −0.1 |
| Activity not captured | 4.8 | +2.3 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 September 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 27 Sept 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
88% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (41 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 88%
- Replies
- 41
- 7% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 63% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied