Willowfield School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Waltham Forest Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willowfield School is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 11–16 (community school). Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Willowfield 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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
- Every applicant was offered a place for Year 7 in 2026, as at 6 of the 8 other Waltham Forest secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7, every applicant was offered a place in 2026, while a last distance was published in all 5 earlier years.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 124 first-choice applications for 200 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 55% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 46.1 (England 46).
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
- 209 Blackhorse Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 6ND
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 1,035 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “As pupils enter the school gate, caring staff greet them warmly.”
- “Pupils move quickly into class to the sound of music and begin their first learning task without delay.”
- “This positive, purposeful start sets the tone for the day.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, some pupils struggle to explain their learning clearly, and the quality of their work does not always match the robust standard seen elsewhere.”
- “However, in 2025, the rate of pupils who were persistently absent rose noticeably to significantly above average.”
- “In a small number of subjects, some teaching is less secure, which means pupils do not always learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 April 2026 (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) | 55% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.1 | 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: 124 first-preference applications, 200 offers in total, 124 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.
- Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Kelmscott School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Walthamstow School for Girls 1.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Walthamstow Academy 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lammas School 1.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Frederick Bremer School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- South Chingford Foundation School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published