Roger Ascham Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Roger Ascham Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 17 July 2024. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
Roger Ascham 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2025, but places ran out in 3 of the 4 earlier years with a published outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 73 first-choice applications for 60 offers (1.2 first choices per offer), the 5th highest of 48 Waltham Forest primary schools.
- All 60 Reception 2026 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (18%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 86% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 26% 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
- 1 Wigton Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 5HU
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 418 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 26.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 17 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish in this kind and welcoming school.”
- “They are happy, enjoy their learning and are kept safe.”
- “Staff are proud to be part of the school community and have very high expectations for what pupils can achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 September 2024 (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) | 86% | 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: 73 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 60 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.
- Walthamstow Primary Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whittingham Primary Academy 0.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Winns Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillyfield Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Chapel End Junior Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Salisbury Manor Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenleaf Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published