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Secondary schools in Waltham Forest

Waltham Forest has 18 state-funded secondary schools (including all-through schools).

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18 schools

Buxton School

State-funded · All-through · Ages 3 to 16 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,065 pupils · Attainment 8 45.2 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Chingford Foundation School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,363 pupils · Attainment 8 47.1 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Connaught School for Girls

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls · Waltham Forest

550 pupils · Attainment 8 50.6 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls · Waltham Forest

617 pupils · Attainment 8 63.5 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Frederick Bremer School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

888 pupils · Attainment 8 46.7 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

George Mitchell School

State-funded · All-through · Ages 3 to 16 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

973 pupils · Attainment 8 47 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Heathcote School, Chingford

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,115 pupils · Attainment 8 46.1 (2024/25)

Highams Park School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,592 pupils · Attainment 8 47.5 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Holy Family Catholic School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,175 pupils · Attainment 8 45.5 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Kelmscott School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,137 pupils · Attainment 8 43.7 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Lammas School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

462 pupils · Attainment 8 36.3 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Leytonstone School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,028 pupils · Attainment 8 49 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Norlington School and 6th Form

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Boys · Waltham Forest

895 pupils · Attainment 8 48.6 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

South Chingford Foundation School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

547 pupils · Attainment 8 32.8 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Walthamstow Academy

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,092 pupils · Attainment 8 49.2 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Walthamstow School for Girls

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Girls · Waltham Forest

895 pupils · Attainment 8 60 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Willowfield School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 16 · Mixed · Waltham Forest

1,035 pupils · Attainment 8 46.1 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Woodford County High School

State-funded · Secondary · Ages 11 to 18 · Girls · Waltham Forest

1,237 pupils · Attainment 8 80.1 (2024/25)

Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)

Offer-day figures

For Year 7 places (September 2026 entry), 79.5% of Waltham Forest applicants were offered their first preference and 96.3% were offered one of their preferences, from 2,724 applications.

Borough-wide figures for the last round. They describe what happened across the borough; they are not a forecast for any one school or child.

Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026

State school dates for September 2027 entry

31 Oct 2026Saturday
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1 Mar 2027Monday
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Checked 9 October 2026. Independent schools set their own dates; see each school's page or every 2027 deadline in Waltham Forest.

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