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Community school · London · E4 6ES
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
1,115
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (secondary), Ages 11–18, in London, Waltham Forest, 1,115 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, special school, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 27.6%. SEN provision includes: HI - Hearing Impairment.
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Overview
- School type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 103097
Location
- Address
- Normanton Park, Chingford
- Postcode
- E4 6ES
- Town
- London
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- District
- Waltham Forest
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 1,115
- Boys / girls
- 572 / 543
- School capacity
- 1,260
- Capacity fill
- 1,115 / 1,260 (88%)
- Free school meals
- 27.6%
- FSM pupils
- 249
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- HI - Hearing Impairment
- Special classes
- Has Special Classes
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Sonia Close
- Telephone
- 02084985110
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
School remains Good
Inspection date
2024-04-29
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
- Attainment 8
- 43.4
- Progress 8
- -0.4
- English & maths grade 5+
- 39%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 60%
- EBacc entry
- 53%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9