Parkside Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Chingford, 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 🔒
Parkside Primary School is a primary school in Chingford, Waltham Forest for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 9 March 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Parkside 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, whereas a last distance was published in each of the 5 earlier years, when places ran out.
- In 2026, Reception had 70 first-choice applications for 80 offers, 0.9 first choices per offer, the 13th lowest of 48 Waltham Forest primary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Reception place in 2026, and 10 offers went to families who ranked the school second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 72% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- 21 Wellington Avenue, Chingford, E4 6RE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 672 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 9 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils, families and staff are proud to be a part of this caring and inclusive school community.”
- “Pupils readily demonstrate the school motto of being ‘proud to shine’.”
- “They have high aspirations for what pupils can achieve.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, although pupils can speak confidently about their learning, some struggle to remember the subject-specific vocabulary that they have learned.”
- “This is because, at times, teaching does not ensure that pupils understand words securely and deeply.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 May 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) | 72% | 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: 70 first-preference applications, 80 offers in total, 70 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.
- Lime Academy Larkswood 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Chingford CofE Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chase Lane Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Longshaw Primary Academy 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Ainslie Wood Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehall Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Yardley Primary School 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published