Buxton School

Buxton School at a glance

Located in London, Waltham Forest, Buxton School is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 1,154 pupils aged 3 to 16. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 45.2, broadly in line with the national average of 46. On our composite score, Buxton School ranks in the top 42% of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 39% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Buxton School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.7%. There are about 17.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Buxton 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.