Holy Family Catholic School

Voluntary aided school·Secondary school London, Waltham Forest·E17 3EA
Composite score
56.9
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#1,620
National rank
#338
In London
#12
In Waltham Forest
Top 51%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
43%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
20%
EBacc average points score
4.12

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
80 first choices, 110 places
First choices per place
0.73
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
242
any preference, for 110 places
Applications from another council area
11%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.14
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7720220.7020230.7520240.8720250.732026

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

Every child who put Holy Family Catholic 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
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,211
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
36.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
40.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.0%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,932
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
93%
195 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
93%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Holy Family Catholic School

Holy Family Catholic School is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 1,211 pupils aged 11 to 18 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 45.5, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 0.9 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.

43% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 64% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Holy Family Catholic School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 80 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 93% 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 15.4 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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