Frederick Bremer School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
0.861 miles
Published by Waltham Forest Council · offers on 3 March 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Frederick Bremer School is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 5 June 2024. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2025 entry.
Frederick Bremer 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 0.861 mi |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.861 miles away, the 3rd longest of 5 Waltham Forest secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2025 Year 7 distance was nearer the school than in 2024 and than in 2020, and it swung sharply between some years.
- In Year 7 2026, there were 168 first-choice applications for 161 offers: 129 offers went to first-choice families and 39 first-choice families (23%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 47% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary 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
- Siddeley Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4EY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 888 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 5 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Frederick Bremer enjoy coming to school.”
- “They attend well and are keen to learn.”
- “Pupils typically behave respectfully towards each other, and few have ever encountered any bullying or derogatory behaviour.”
To improve
- “On occasion, some teachers do not consistently communicate leaders’ high expectations.”
- “In these instances, the standard of some pupils’ work is variable.”
- “These pupils do not develop the depth of knowledge and understanding they are capable of.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 5 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 47% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.7 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 168 first-preference applications, 161 offers in total, 129 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Waltham Forest.
- Holy Family Catholic School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Walthamstow School for Girls 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- South Chingford Foundation School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walthamstow Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highams Park School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Leytonstone School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Willowfield School 1.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest 1.7 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published