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Walthamstow Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 52.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
63.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
24.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.49 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 49.2[6] 54.3%[6]
2023/24 52.5[4] 60.7%[4] +0.49[4]
2022/23 51.3[7] 53%[7] +0.49[7]
2021/22 56.1[8] 68%[8] +0.55[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
20.6% 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] 15.7%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 6.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 13.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 10.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
42% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
28% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 93%[15] 52%[15] 23%[15] 16%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 58%[16] 14%[16] 21%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 53%[17] 15%[17] 26%[17] 1%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 40%[18] 35%[18] 15%[18] 1%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
85% 2022/23[19]
Education
62% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
17% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[20] 80%[20] 4%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 73%[21] 5%[21] 11%[21]
2019/20 89%[22] 74%[22] 3%[22] 13%[22]
2018/19 91%[23] 84%[23] 3%[23] 5%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
88% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
47% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 85%[26] 51%[26]
2019/20 83%[25] 49%[25] 47%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 84%[27] 42%[27] 41%[27] 3%[27]
2017/18 96%[28] 35%[28] 37%[28] 0%[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
29 Nov 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
22 Feb 2023[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Sep 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.2 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
712 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
221 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
171 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 732[31] 239[31] 179[31] 4.1[31] 1.3[31]
Entry Sept 2024 755[31] 237[31] 172[31] 4.4[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2023 770[31] 234[31] 171[31] 4.5[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 715[31] 222[31] 174[31] 4.1[31] 1.3[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
UNITED LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
http://www.walthamstow-academy.org/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[32]
Postcode
E17 5DP[1]
URN
132727[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1071 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
50.9% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
16.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.1% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.8% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
29.4%[34]
Mixed
13.1%[34]
Asian
26.9%[34]
Black
22.3%[34]
Any other ethnic group
6%[34]
Unclassified
2.3%[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.

Sources

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    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.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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