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Leytonstone School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 49.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
56.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.17 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 49[5] 50%[5]
2023/24 51.2[3] 55.6%[3] -0.17[3]
2022/23 46.4[6] 47%[6] -0.17[6]
2021/22 48.8[7] 49%[7] -0.51[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
20% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
37% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
36% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[9] 31%[9] 36%[9] 24%[9] 0%[9] 1%[9]
2020/21 98%[10] 22%[10] 43%[10] 31%[10] 1%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 23%[11] 36%[11] 36%[11] 0%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 98%[12] 15%[12] 59%[12] 22%[12] 0%[12] 2%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
13 Jan 2026[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
12 Mar 2026[13]
Inclusion
Expected standard[13]
Achievement
Expected standard[13]
Safeguarding standards
Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[13]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Sep 2021[14] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]
Date not published[15] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[15] Good[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
608 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
187 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
196 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 621[16] 195[16] 202[16] 3.1[16] 1.0[16]
Entry Sept 2024 605[16] 219[16] 199[16] 3.0[16] 1.1[16]
Entry Sept 2023 650[16] 211[16] 197[16] 3.3[16] 1.1[16]
Entry Sept 2022 632[16] 227[16] 203[16] 3.1[16] 1.1[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
990[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
http://www.leytonstoneschool.org/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[17]
Postcode
E11 1JD[1]
URN
103101[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1029 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
24.8% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
14.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
5.3% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.5% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.4%[19]
Mixed
16.1%[19]
Asian
18.2%[19]
Black
11.7%[19]
Any other ethnic group
3.1%[19]
Unclassified
1.6%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.