South Grove Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.388 miles
Published by Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
South Grove Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
South Grove 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 | 0.388 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 0.388 miles away, the 7th shortest of the 16 Waltham Forest primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- The 2025 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2024 and further than in 2020, and distances swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 75 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 58 offers went to first-choice families, and 17 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 90% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, the highest 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
- Ringwood Road, London, E17 8PW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 485 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Positive relationships exist between pupils, staff and teachers.”
- “This fosters an environment where everyone treats each other with high levels of respect and courtesy.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2024 (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) | 90% | 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: 75 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 58 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.
- Edinburgh Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Barn Croft Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Mission Grove Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Gamuel Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Coppermill Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Sybourn Primary School 0.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published