Heathcote School & Science College
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–18 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.379 miles
Published by Waltham Forest Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Heathcote School & Science College is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 11–18 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 29 February 2024. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Heathcote School & Science College 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 2026 | 1.379 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| 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 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.379 miles away, nearer than in 2025 and about the same as in 2022.
- Year 7 2026 had 196 first-choice applications for 171 offers; 153 offers went to first-choice families, and 43 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 44% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%) and the Attainment 8 score was 46.1 (England 46).
- The 2024/25 share with grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths was 3rd 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
- Normanton Park, Chingford, London, E4 6ES
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 1,115 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 25.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 29 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy attending this warm and friendly school.”
- “The school has raised expectations of pupils’ behaviour and academic provision.”
- “They ensure that pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive strong support.”
To improve
- “Previously published outcomes for pupils are below average.”
- “However, leaders recognise that in a small number of subjects the curriculum is not as ambitious as it could be.”
- “In these subjects, the school’s curricular thinking is not organised to ensure that pupils remember important subject content securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 30 April 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) | 44% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
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: 196 first-preference applications, 171 offers in total, 153 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.
- Chingford Foundation School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Highams Park School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- South Chingford Foundation School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Frederick Bremer School 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Walthamstow Academy 2.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Walthamstow School for Girls 3.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest 3.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published