George Tomlinson 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 🔒
George Tomlinson 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 9 June 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
George Tomlinson 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 2026, Reception had 72 first-choice applications for 78 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 19th lowest of 48 Waltham Forest primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 70% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026, 71 offers went to first-choice families and 1 first-choice family (1%) was not offered a Reception place; 7 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 13.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.7% 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
- Harrington Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4QN
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 554 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 June 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils really enjoy coming to this happy, welcoming and inclusive school.”
- “Staff have high expectations for everyone to do well.”
- “Pupils work hard and show positive attitudes to their learning.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, leaders are still refining things.”
- “In some units of work, leaders have not worked out the most important subject content that needs to be covered.”
- “This sometimes makes it difficult for teachers to know what needs to be taught and when.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 July 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) | 70% | 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: 72 first-preference applications, 78 offers in total, 71 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.
- Davies Lane Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Mayville Academy 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Gwyn Jones Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newport School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dawlish Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barclay Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Jenny Hammond Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Downsell Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published