Frederick Bremer School

Community school·Secondary school London, Waltham Forest·E17 4EY
Composite score
58.4
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#1,398
National rank
#315
In London
#9
In Waltham Forest
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.7
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
47%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
23%
EBacc average points score
4.15

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
77%
168 first choices, 161 places
First choices per place
1.04
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
645
any preference, for 161 places
Last place offered lived
0.72 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 1156 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.15
00.511.52
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
881
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
23.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
21.1%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
10.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
26.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£11,300
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
176 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
90%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Frederick Bremer School

Frederick Bremer School is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 881 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.7, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.8 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 44% of secondary schools nationally.

47% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 77% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (168 first choices for 161 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.72 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. After Year 11, 92% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.5%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. Frederick Bremer 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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