Holy Family Catholic School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 48 48.1 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 48.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 12.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.04 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	45.5[6]	43%[6]
2023/24	44.6[4]	38.8%[4]	-0.04[4]
2022/23	44.9[7]	44%[7]	-0.30[7]
2021/22	49.4[8]	46%[8]	-0.13[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 6.1% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C+[10]	12.2%[10]
2022/23	C[11]	7.3%[11]
2021/22	C+[12]	6.3%[12]
2018/19	C+[13]	4.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 53% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 11% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 28% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	96%[15]	59%[15]	12%[15]	24%[15]	1%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	95%[16]	77%[16]	2%[16]	15%[16]	0%[16]	2%[16]
2019/20	97%[17]	83%[17]	5%[17]	10%[17]	0%[17]	0%[17]
2018/19	99%[18]	74%[18]	7%[18]	16%[18]	0%[18]	1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 92% 2022/23[19]
Education: 78% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 1% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 14% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	86%[20]	71%[20]	2%[20]	13%[20]
2020/21	88%[21]	73%[21]	1%[21]	14%[21]
2019/20	87%[22]	79%[22]	0%[22]	7%[22]
2018/19	88%[23]	72%[23]	5%[23]	12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 17% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 15% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 2% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	91%[26]	28%[26]
2019/20	85%[25]	17%[25]	15%[25]	2%[25]
2018/19	80%[27]	14%[27]	13%[27]	1%[27]
2017/18	82%[28]	21%[28]	18%[28]	1%[28]

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: 21 Mar 2023[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 18 May 2023[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Good[29]
Overall effectiveness: Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
9 Jan 2018[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 242 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 80 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 110 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	265[31]	106[31]	122[31]	2.2[31]	0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2024	267[31]	96[31]	128[31]	2.1[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2023	282[31]	108[31]	154[31]	1.8[31]	0.7[31]
Entry Sept 2022	319[31]	130[31]	169[31]	1.9[31]	0.8[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Roman Catholic[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1240[1]
Local authority: Waltham Forest[1]
Website: http://holyfamily.waltham.sch.uk/[1]
District: Waltham Forest [32]
Postcode: E17 3EA[1]
URN: 103106[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 1211 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 40.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 5.7% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 3% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 36% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 25.3%[34]
Mixed: 9.7%[34]
Asian: 13.9%[34]
Black: 47.1%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 2%[34]
Unclassified: 2%[34]

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.

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