Walthamstow Primary Academy
Primary · Free schools · Ages 4–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2020–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Walthamstow Primary Academy is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 4–11 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2024. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2026 entry.
Walthamstow Primary 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 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| 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
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 7% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 23 first-choice applications for 24 offers, every first-choice family was offered a place, and the published admission number was 30 places.
- The share of pupils eligible for free school meals is 48.6%, against a middle figure of 26.3% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Waltham Forest.
- There are 36.7 pupils per teacher, compared with a middle figure of 20.2 across 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
- Billet Road, Waltham Forest, Walthamstow, London, E17 5DP
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 181 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 48.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 36.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 24 January 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are rightly proud of their school.”
- “They are enthusiastic, respectful and ambitious learners.”
- “This is because staff have high expectations of them.”
To improve
- “However, there are occasions when pupils do not receive the timely support necessary for success in their learning.”
- “As a result, in these instances, some pupils with SEND do not achieve the intended learning.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 March 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) | 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: 23 first-preference applications, 24 offers in total, 23 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.
- Roger Ascham Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Chapel End Junior Academy 0.4 mi School remains Good
- Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Winns Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Whittingham Primary Academy 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Salisbury Manor Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Hillyfield Primary Academy 0.7 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Greenleaf Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published