Wanstead High School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Redbridge
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.289 miles
Published by London Borough of Redbridge · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Wanstead High School is a secondary school in London, Redbridge for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. Redbridge has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Wanstead High School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.289 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.289 miles away, the 3rd longest of 7 Redbridge secondary schools with a published last distance, further than in 2025.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Redbridge.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026 there were 228 first-choice applications for 232 offers; 168 offers went to first-choice families, and 60 first-choice families (26%) were not offered a place.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, 225 of the 765 applications (29%) came from families living outside Redbridge, and 8 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Redbridge schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Redbridge Lane West, Wanstead, London, E11 2JZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Redbridge
- Pupils on roll
- 1,434 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils put these guiding principles into action through their positive attitudes in lessons and around school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for pupils’ achievements and wider success.”
- “Pupils are confident and articulate learners who listen and express their views with thought and consideration.”
To improve
- “Sometimes, checks on learning are not consistently effective.”
- “Where this happens, staff do not identify and rectify any difficulties pupils may have in understanding subject content.”
- “This can lead to gaps in some pupils’ knowledge and allows misconceptions to persist in some areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 61% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 228 first-preference applications, 232 offers in total, 168 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Redbridge.
- Beal High School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Valentines High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Caterham High School 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- The Ursuline Academy Ilford 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodbridge High School 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ilford County High School 2.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Woodford County High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Oaks Park High School 2.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published