Academy sponsor led · Secondary
London · E17 5DP · Waltham Forest
Ages 11–18
Status: Open
0.6 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 138859
South Chingford Foundation School
Academy sponsor led · London · E4 8SG
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–18
Pupils
547
Local authority
Waltham Forest
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- 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 academy sponsor led (secondary), Ages 11–18, in London, Waltham Forest, 547 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 40%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138859
Location
- Address
- Stadium Close, Chingford
- Postcode
- E4 8SG
- 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
- 547
- Boys / girls
- 300 / 247
- School capacity
- 675
- Capacity fill
- 547 / 675 (81%)
- Free school meals
- 40%
- FSM pupils
- 219
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Sixth form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Academy trust
- CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST
- Sponsor
- Chingford Academies Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ms Emma Hobbs
- Telephone
- 02085319231
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
Needs attention
Inspection date
2026-01-20
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Needs attention
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
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
- 35.2
- Progress 8
- -0.8
- English & maths grade 5+
- 26%
- English & maths grade 4+
- 42%
- EBacc entry
- 25%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2