Chase Lane Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chase Lane Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 14 December 2022. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Chase Lane Primary 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 |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but a last distance was published in 4 of the 6 earlier years, so places had run out in those years.
- Reception 2026 had 77 first-choice applications for 85 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 8 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Waltham Forest schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- York Road, Chingford, London, E4 8LA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 680 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 14 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils at Chase Lane Primary enjoy school life.”
- “They are kind, friendly and respectful to each other.”
- “Staff care about the pupils and their families.”
To improve
- “However, in Year 2 and beyond, some class teachers do not use phonics consistently to help pupils decode unfamiliar words.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 February 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 77 first-preference applications, 85 offers in total, 77 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Waltham Forest.
- Salisbury Manor Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Lime Academy Larkswood 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Ainslie Wood Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Parkside Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selwyn Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Walthamstow Primary Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Roger Ascham Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Longshaw Primary Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published