St Mary's CofE Primary School
0.5 miles592 pupils · KS2 expected standard 96% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Independent · All-through · Waltham Forest
Forest School
Independent school · Ages 4 to 18 · Mixed · 1,605 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Pupils
- 1,605 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 1,530
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Warden
- Mrs Claire Tao
- Address
- College Place, Snaresbrook, London, E17 3PY
- Borough
- Waltham Forest
- Telephone
- 02085201744
- DfE reference (URN)
- 103110
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Schools whose leavers came here
This school is named in the published leavers' lists of: Gatehouse School, St Anthony's School for Boys, St Paul's Cathedral School, The Cavendish School, The Children's House School, The Children's House Upper School, The Lyceum.
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Key dates for 2027 entry
Sixth form (16+)
- Offers sentDate not statedDate not stated
In December we send out offer letters
Source: forest.org.uk
- Acceptance deadlineDate not statedDate not stated
responses are required by January
Source: forest.org.uk
Get a reminder before Forest School's deadlines
One email 14, 7 and 1 day before each dated deadline we hold. No account needed.
A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.
Open days and tours
- Open morning · 09:00Wednesday 14 October 2026, 09:00 to 11:00
- Open morning · 09:00Thursday 5 November 2026, 09:00 to 11:00
- Open morning · 7+Thursday 26 November 2026
- Open morning · 7+Thursday 26 November 2026
- Taster day · 11+Wednesday 24 February 2027
11+ Source
- Taster day · 11+Friday 26 February 2027
11+ Source
- Taster day · 11+Friday 26 February 2027
11+ Source
- Taster day · 11+Wednesday 3 March 2027
11+ Source
- Taster day · 11+Wednesday 3 March 2027
11+ Source
- Open morning · ReceptionWednesday 12 May 2027
Reception Source
- Open morning · ReceptionFriday 14 May 2027
Reception Source
Dates as published on the school's own page, read 10 Oct 2026. Schools add and change dates at short notice and most ask you to book: confirm with the school. All open days in London
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.
Fees
| Stage | Per term | Per year |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Prep Reception to Year 2 | £7,672 | £23,016 |
| Prep School Year 3 | £8,165 | £24,495 |
| Prep School Years 4 to 6 | £8,823 | £26,469 |
| Senior School Years 7 to 13 | £10,898 | £32,694 |
Day fees for 2026-27, as published by the school (read 9 Oct 2026). The school's page gives these fees including VAT. Lunches, trips and other extras may be charged on top.
Other charges and help with fees
- Acceptance deposit
- £1,400 per one_off A fee payable on acceptance of a place. Source
- Sibling discount
- Siblings receive a 5% reduction of basic fees, applied to the older child's account; not applicable to Reception, Year 1, Year 2. Source
- Bursaries
- Hardship Funds reserve at least two places to retain pupils in Year 6, 11 or 13 whose family income has suddenly reduced; amount determined by means-test. Source
Source: forest.org.uk · academic year 2026-27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
ISI does not give a single overall grade and does not publish its findings as open data, so we show no rating. Read the latest report on isi.net.
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: B+ · 2023/24: A-B+This schoolC+Waltham ForestB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 43.5 · 2023/24: 4543.9This school31.8Waltham Forest35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 44 · 2023/24: 44.344.5This school31.7Waltham Forest35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 36% · 2023/24: 38%30%This school9%Waltham Forest18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: 0.13-0.06This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 121 pupils in the cohort
GCSE figures from the DfE tables are not shown for independent schools: many of the qualifications they enter, such as IGCSEs, are not counted there.
Pupils and context
- Receiving SEN support
- 7.3%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 0%
- Girls / boys
- 48% / 52%
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).
Snaresbrook Primary School
0.6 miles461 pupils · KS2 expected standard 75% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Henry Maynard Primary School
0.7 miles745 pupils · KS2 expected standard 77% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
The Woodside Primary Academy
0.7 miles1,188 pupils · KS2 expected standard 69% (2024/25)
Applications: open (15 Jan 2027)
Leytonstone School
0.7 miles1,028 pupils · Attainment 8 49 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Snaresbrook Prep School
0.7 miles89 pupils
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