Thorpe Hall 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 🔒
Thorpe Hall 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 7 December 2022. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Thorpe Hall 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
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 37 first-choice applications for 45 offers, 0.8 first choices per offer and the 5th lowest of 48 Waltham Forest primary schools.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 22 of the 27 other Waltham Forest primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There are 18.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.2 across 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
- 123 Hale End Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4DP
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 358 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 December 2022
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to this school.”
- “Staff know individual pupils and their families really well.”
- “They keep pupils safe and well cared for at all times.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, leaders’ curriculum design is not as ambitious.”
- “It does not identify the precise knowledge and skills that pupils need to be taught.”
- “This can lead to confusion and gaps in pupils’ understanding.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 January 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) | 80% | 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: 37 first-preference applications, 45 offers in total, 37 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.
- The Woodside Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chapel End Junior Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Selwyn Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Handsworth Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakhill Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Emmanuel Community School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published