George Mitchell School
0.3 miles973 pupils · Attainment 8 47 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Independent · Senior · Waltham Forest
Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School
Independent school · Ages 10 to 16 · Boys · 86 pupils
At a glance
- Type
- Independent school
- Ages
- 10 to 16
- Gender
- Boys
- Religious character
- Muslim
- Pupils
- 86 census January 2024
- Capacity
- 130
- Admissions policy
- Selective
- Headteacher
- Mr Imran Sidyot
- Address
- 30-36 Lindley Road, Leyton, London, E10 6QT
- Borough
- Waltham Forest
- Telephone
- 02085395183
- DfE reference (URN)
- 132848
- Website
- lanternofknowledge.org.uk
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, 19 September 2023: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Independent School Standards, checked 19 September 2023: 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
- 6%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 1%
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).
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Connaught School for Girls
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Lammas School
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Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School and Big Creative Independent School2.4 miles apart
- Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School and Tawhid Boys School, Tawhid Educational Trust2.7 miles apart
- Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School and Darul Hadis Latifiah3.2 miles apart
- Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School and Apex Secondary School for Boys3.2 miles apart