Buxton School
All-through · Foundation school · Ages 3–16 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Year 7 2026: Every applicant was offered a place
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Buxton School is an all-through school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 3–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 21 June 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception and Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Buxton 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 |
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a place for both Reception and Year 7 in 2026.
- Reception 2026 had 38 first-choice applications for 42 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Of the 155 applications for Reception 2026, 44 (28%) came from families living outside Waltham Forest, and 8 offers went to them.
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
- 234 Cann Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 3NN
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- All-through
- Ages
- 3–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 1,065 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 21 June 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders, staff and pupils all embody the school values of ambition, honesty, academia, kindness and family.”
- “Members of the school community described how Buxton School is like a family.”
- “Pupils value how attending an all-through school helps them to feel settled.”
To improve
- “In the previous academic year, pupils’ outcomes in national assessments were not as strong as leaders would have liked.”
- “However, some curriculum areas are more developed than others.”
- “This includes both the planned curriculum and how it is taught to pupils.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 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) | 74% | 62% |
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 39% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.2 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 38 first-preference applications, 42 offers in total, 38 offers to first-preference applicants.
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 51 first-preference applications, 80 offers in total, 51 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 special, independent and other schools
Straight-line distance, in Waltham Forest.
- Noor Ul Islam Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lantern of Knowledge Secondary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- George Mitchell School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Belmont Park School 1.6 mi Not judged
- Forest School 2.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Whitefield School 2.7 mi Good
- Big Creative Independent School 3.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Joseph Clarke School 3.5 mi School remains Good