Barn Croft Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Waltham Forest·E17 8SB
Composite score
74.5
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#1,199
National rank
#341
In London
#19
In Waltham Forest
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
68%
% achieving higher RWM
26%
Reading average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
72%
32 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.07
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
144
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
0.30 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 484 m
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.29
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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
4–11
Pupils on roll
183
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
22.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
18.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
12.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.4%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,468
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Barn Croft Primary School

Barn Croft Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 183 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. 68% 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 among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 109 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 26% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Barn Croft Primary School is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 32 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.30 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 5.4%. There are about 19.2 pupils per teacher. Barn Croft 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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