Davies Lane Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · London, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.563 miles
Published by Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Davies Lane Primary School is a primary school in London, Waltham Forest for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 18 June 2024. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
Davies Lane 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 | 0.563 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 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
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.563 miles from the school, the 5th longest of 16 Waltham Forest primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2025 Reception last distance was nearer the school than in 2020, and the 2025 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- 2026 Reception entry had 125 first-choice applications for 118 offers; 114 offers went to first-choice families and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 87% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 30% 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
- Davies Lane, Leytonstone, London, E11 3DR
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 927 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 18 June 2024
Strengths
- “Davies Lane is a welcoming and inclusive community where pupils feel secure and are kept safe.”
- “Pupils feel valued and enjoy coming to school.”
- “Staff know pupils well and have very high expectations for them.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 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: 125 first-preference applications, 118 offers in total, 114 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.
- George Tomlinson Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mayville Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Newport School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Jenny Hammond Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Gwyn Jones Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Downsell Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Dawlish Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Barclay Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published