Handsworth Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.274 miles
Published by Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Handsworth Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 June 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
Handsworth 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 2025 | 0.274 mi |
| 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
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.274 miles from the school, the 2nd shortest of 16 Waltham Forest primary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2025 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2024 and nearer than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 59 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 56 offers went to first-choice families, and 3 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 65% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Waltham Forest.
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
- Handsworth Avenue, Highams Park, London, E4 9PJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 10.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and are proud members of the school community.”
- “Inclusion has a high priority.”
- “Pupils feel welcome, valued and confident to be themselves.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, pupils have not secured some key knowledge over time.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 September 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) | 65% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 56 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.
- Oakhill Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Selwyn Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ainslie Wood Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Hall Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Woodford Green Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Longshaw Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Lime Academy Larkswood 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Chapel End Junior Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good