South Chingford Foundation School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · 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 🔒
South Chingford Foundation School is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
South Chingford Foundation 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
- Year 7 entry in 2026 had 28 first-choice applications for 64 offers, 0.4 first choices per offer, the lowest of 15 Waltham Forest secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 36 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 29% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- Stadium Close, Chingford, London, E4 8SG
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 547 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 40% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Overall, pupils like coming to school, and they enjoy their lessons mostly.”
- “They particularly like the sense of community and belonging that they gain from being in a small school environment.”
- “Pupils are respectful towards each other.”
To improve
- “However, pupils' attendance over time is not high enough.”
- “However, their learning experiences across the curriculum are too varied.”
- “However, when this is not the case, pupils struggle to access the lesson content, and this prevents them achieving the learning aims of the lesson.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 March 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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32.8 | 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: 28 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 28 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.
- Walthamstow Academy 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Highams Park School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Frederick Bremer School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Walthamstow School for Girls 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest 1.5 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Willowfield School 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Chingford Foundation School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published