Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest
0.1 miles617 pupils · Attainment 8 63.5 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Independent · Senior · Waltham Forest
Big Creative Independent School
Independent school · Ages 14 to 16 · Mixed · 9 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 14 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 9 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 20
- Head
- Mr Ian Morton
- Address
- Uplands House, Blackhorse Lane, Walthamstow, E17 5QJ
- Borough
- Waltham Forest
- Telephone
- 02038735800
- DfE reference (URN)
- 141411
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Admissions
Independent schools run their own admissions. You register directly with the school, usually for a fee, and the school sets its own deadlines, assessments and offer dates, which are separate from the borough process.
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 10 June 2025: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Independent School Standards, checked 10 June 2025: All standards Met
Source: Ofsted, Management information - non-association independent schools - as at 31 July 2026: most recent inspections data as at 31 July 2026 · most recent inspections as at 2026-07-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 16.7%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 33.3%
- Girls / boys
- 58% / 42%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Willowfield School
0.5 miles1,035 pupils · Attainment 8 46.1 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Walthamstow Academy
0.8 miles1,092 pupils · Attainment 8 49.2 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Harris Academy Tottenham
0.9 miles1,307 pupils · Attainment 8 52.8 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Big Creative Independent School and Footsteps Trust2.7 miles apart
- Big Creative Independent School and Greek Secondary School of London3.2 miles apart
- Big Creative Independent School and Bancroft's School3.4 miles apart
- Big Creative Independent School and North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School4.2 miles apart