South Chingford Foundation School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Unique reference
138859
Address
Stadium Close, Chingford, E4 8SG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
617 (69% of total capacity)
Boys
55.6%
Girls
44.4%
First language not English
54%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.3%
Persistent absence
36.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 28.4%
Pakistani 13.5%
Mixed 13%
White British 12.5%
Caribbean 7.9%
African 7.3%
Other 4.9%
Other Asian 4.1%
Bangladeshi 3.6%
Other Black 1.8%
Indian 0.8%
Unclassified 0.8%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Chinese 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 32.8
Local authority average 45.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.04
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)1
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE16
BiologyGCSE31
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE112
English LiteratureGCSE105
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE18
GeographyGCSE36
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

South Chingford Foundation School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
56
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
31
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
41
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
31
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.7
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
141
76
65
Year 8
140
84
56
Year 9
127
67
60
Year 10
87
46
41
Year 11
122
70
52
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
91.5%
85.5%
Further education
38.0%
26.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
32.0%
35.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
19.0%
28.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023