Willow Brook Primary School Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 3–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.484 miles
Published by Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Willow Brook Primary School Academy is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Outstanding, from the inspection on 15 September 2023. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
Willow Brook Primary School Academy 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 | 0.484 mi |
| 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
- The last child offered a Reception place for 2025 lived 0.484 miles away, 7th longest of 16 Waltham Forest primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.48 miles).
- Reception last distances swung sharply between some years; the 2025 figure was the shortest of the 5 years with a published distance, and nearer than in 2024.
- For Reception in 2026, 108 first-choice applications for 90 offers: 1.2 first choices per offer, the 6th highest of 48 Waltham Forest primary schools.
- In 2024/25, 89% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 31% 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
- 190 Church Road, Leyton, London, E10 7BH
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 660 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 20% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding Inspected 15 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils feel fortunate to attend Willow Brook.”
- “They are happy and kept safe here.”
- “Pupils are all expected to work hard, engage in thoughtful discussion and speak to one another kindly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 November 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) | 89% | 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: 108 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 82 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Infant School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Riverley Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Sybourn Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Dawlish Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Gamuel Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Newport School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published