George Tomlinson Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Waltham Forest·E11 4QN
Composite score
57.2
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#4,770
National rank
#980
In London
#34
In Waltham Forest
Top 32%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
99%
72 first choices, 78 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
290
any preference, for 78 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.11
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8020220.8720230.9320240.8120250.922026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for George Tomlinson Primary School yet. Waltham Forest does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
537
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.1%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
35.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,203
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

George Tomlinson Primary School is a primary school serving London, Waltham Forest, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 537 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 32% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). 99% of the families who made George Tomlinson Primary School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. George Tomlinson 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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