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Walthamstow School for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 58 57.9 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
65.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.43 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 60[5] 72.6%[5]
2023/24 56[3] 66.5%[3] +0.43[3]
2022/23 59[6] 71%[6] +0.79[6]
2021/22 58.6[7] 67%[7] +0.58[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
38% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
46% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
1% 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 93%[9] 32%[9] 48%[9] 13%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9]
2020/21 97%[10] 46%[10] 34%[10] 15%[10] 1%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 98%[11] 34%[11] 43%[11] 20%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 97%[12] 35%[12] 45%[12] 18%[12] 0%[12] 0%[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
3 Dec 2024[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
13 Jan 2025[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
13 Jun 2018[14] S5 Inspection[14] Outstanding[14]
27 Feb 2018[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
550 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
231 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
173 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 519[15] 218[15] 173[15] 3.0[15] 1.3[15]
Entry Sept 2024 590[15] 253[15] 170[15] 3.5[15] 1.5[15]
Entry Sept 2023 605[15] 231[15] 178[15] 3.4[15] 1.3[15]
Entry Sept 2022 572[15] 237[15] 176[15] 3.3[15] 1.3[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
900[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
www.wsfg.waltham.sch.uk[1]
District
Waltham Forest[16]
Postcode
E17 9RZ[1]
URN
103103[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
890 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
14.4% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
10.5% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
3.9% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
26.9% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
39.9%[18]
Mixed
15.4%[18]
Asian
30.8%[18]
Black
10.4%[18]
Any other ethnic group
2.9%[18]
Unclassified
0.6%[18]

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 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. 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.