Connaught School for Girls
Secondary · Academy converter · 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 🔒
Connaught School for Girls is a secondary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 February 2025. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2020 to 2026 entry.
Connaught School for Girls 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 Year 7 place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 5 of the 6 earlier years.
- 45% reached grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25, 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Waltham Forest.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 44 first-choice applications for 71 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 27 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 18 of the 152 Year 7 applications (12%) in 2026 came from families living outside Waltham Forest, and 3 offers went to them.
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
- Dyers Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4AE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 550 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are welcomed as individuals in this small school community.”
- “They are safe here and appreciate the help that they receive from staff.”
- “Pupils are encouraged to look out for others within and beyond the school, for example, through fundraising activities and their annual ‘conservation duty’.”
To improve
- “However, checks on learning within some lessons is not sufficiently precise.”
- “In these instances, pupils’ errors or misconceptions are not challenged or corrected in a timely way.”
- “For example, some pupils have not secured the basic mathematical concepts they need to progress through the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 31 March 2025 (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) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 50.6 | 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: 44 first-preference applications, 71 offers in total, 44 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.
- Norlington School and 6th Form 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Leytonstone School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lammas School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walthamstow School for Girls 1.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Kelmscott School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holy Family Catholic School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Frederick Bremer School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Willowfield School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published