Woodford Green Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Woodford Green, Waltham Forest
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.748 miles
Published by Waltham Forest Council · offers on 16 April 2025
2020–2024 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Woodford Green Primary School is a primary school in Woodford Green, Waltham Forest for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 June 2025. Waltham Forest has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2020 to 2025 entry.
Woodford Green 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 | 0.748 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
- For Reception 2026 there were 52 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 28 offers went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families (46%) were not offered a place.
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 0.748 miles away, further than in 2020, with sharp swings between some years, the biggest from 2022 to 2023.
- Of the 227 applications for Reception 2026, 138 (61%) came from families living outside Waltham Forest, and 16 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 93% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 21% 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
- Sunset Avenue, Woodford Green, IG8 0ST
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Waltham Forest
- Pupils on roll
- 242 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 June 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this nurturing and inclusive school.”
- “Pupils and staff are happy and very proud to be part of the school community.”
- “They know that if they have any concerns, there is a member of staff they can talk to who will deal with their worries swiftly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 July 2025 (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) | 93% | 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: 52 first-preference applications, 30 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 primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Waltham Forest.
- Oakhill Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Handsworth Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Longshaw Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitehall Primary School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Selwyn Primary School 1.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ainslie Wood Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thorpe Hall Primary School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chingford CofE Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published