Willowfield School

Community school·Secondary school London, Waltham Forest·E17 6ND
Composite score
57.6
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#1,507
National rank
#326
In London
#10
In Waltham Forest
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.1
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
55%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
71%
% EBacc grade 5+
13%
EBacc average points score
4.06

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
124 first choices, 200 places
First choices per place
0.62
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
459
any preference, for 200 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.10
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8320220.9020230.8320240.7220250.622026

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

Every child who put Willowfield 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,004
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
33.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
26.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.8%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
22.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.8
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,403
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
94%
171 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Willowfield School

Willowfield School is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 1,004 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.1, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 2.0 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

55% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 71% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Willowfield School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 124 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.9%. There are about 16.8 pupils per teacher. Willowfield 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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