Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 27 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
Muslim
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Unique reference
140957
Address
Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, E17 5SD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
620 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
66.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.4%
Persistent absence
12.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 40%
African 13.1%
Mixed 10%
Unclassified 7.9%
Bangladeshi 7.7%
Other 6.3%
Other Asian 5.5%
Indian 5.3%
Other White 2.6%
Other Black 1.5%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 90%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 73%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.3
Local authority average 45.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 6.03
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award16
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award88
ArabicGCSE5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE12
BiologyGCSE29
ChemistryGCSE29
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
English LanguageGCSE124
English LiteratureGCSE119
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
123
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
49
From another Local Authority
70
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
113
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
9
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 classes31.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
124
0
124
Year 8
125
0
125
Year 9
123
0
123
Year 10
125
0
125
Year 11
123
0
123
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
91.5%
85.5%
Further education
8.0%
26.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
48.0%
35.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
42.0%
28.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
1.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023