Walthamstow School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 14 2018 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Unique reference
103103
Address
Church Hill, Walthamstow, E17 9RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
895 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
16.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
21.7%
Persistent absence
21.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 21.8%
White British 19.7%
Other White 15%
Mixed 12.9%
Other Asian 8.2%
African 6.1%
Other Black 3.5%
Other 3%
Indian 2.9%
Caribbean 2.9%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Unclassified 1.3%
Chinese 1%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.79
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 71%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.4
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)3
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE58
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE40
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE17
EconomicsGCSE65
English LanguageGCSE178
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Walthamstow School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
170
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
253
2nd preference
156
3rd preference
105
From another Local Authority
23
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
164
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
179
0
179
Year 8
180
0
180
Year 9
178
0
178
Year 10
179
0
179
Year 11
179
0
179
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
91.4%
85.6%
Further education
13.0%
22.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
32.0%
39.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
48.0%
29.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023