Ainslie Wood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
Every applicant was offered a place
From Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Ainslie Wood Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 July 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
Ainslie Wood 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 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 for Reception in 2025 was offered a place, though places ran out in all 5 earlier years, and the last distance swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception 2026, there were 65 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 55 offers went to first-choice families and 10 first-choice families (15%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary 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
- 140 Ainslie Wood Road, Waltham Forest, London, E4 9DD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 451 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 July 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have developed a warm, caring and welcoming community.”
- “They have high expectations for all pupils.”
- “It aims to develop pupils as active citizens who can apply their learning to the real world.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, leaders have not identified the key knowledge they want pupils to learn.”
- “This means that pupils do not build on prior learning securely.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 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) | 87% | 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: 65 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 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 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Selwyn Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Salisbury Manor Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Chase Lane Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Handsworth Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Longshaw Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Oakhill Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chapel End Junior Academy 0.9 mi School remains Good