Chase Lane Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Waltham Forest·E4 8LA
Composite score
55.4
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#5,386
National rank
#1062
In London
#40
In Waltham Forest
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
77 first choices, 85 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
162
any preference, for 85 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Chase Lane Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
676
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
23.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
63.0%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,129
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Chase Lane Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Waltham Forest, Chase Lane Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 676 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Chase Lane Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 77 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 23.0 pupils per teacher. Chase Lane Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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