Mission Grove 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 🔒
Mission Grove 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 12 July 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Mission 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 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
- Mission Grove had 69 first-choice applications for 79 Reception offers in 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, but in 2020, the 1 earlier year with a published outcome, places ran out and a last distance was published.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Waltham Forest.
- The school has 27.5 pupils per teacher, where the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Waltham Forest is 18.7.
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
- Buxton Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 7EJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 805 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 27.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 12 July 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Mission Grove are happy and enjoy learning.”
- “Pupils value the opportunities and experiences on offer.”
- “‘Enrichment Fridays’, where pupils choose from a multitude of activities, also provide further opportunities for pupils to develop their talents and interests.”
To improve
- “However, pupils are not always remembering this crucial content.”
- “In these subjects, the way in which subject content is taught sometimes does not focus on ensuring that pupils become secure and fluent in their recall of knowledge.”
- “On occasions, the challenge provided focuses on the operational aspects of the school rather than setting and evaluating the strategic aspects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 October 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) | 46% | 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: 69 first-preference applications, 79 offers in total, 69 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.
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Grove Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Stoneydown Park School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Edinburgh Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Coppermill Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Greenleaf Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Barn Croft Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published