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Secondary · E4 · Waltham Forest

Highams Park School

34 Handsworth Avenue, Highams Park, London, E4 9PJ

HIGHAMS PARK ACADEMY TRUST is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

Good

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance95.3%
AttainmentProgress 8: +0.08
AdmissionsNot published from capacity data
Pupils1592

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Inspection history

  1. Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in E4. Where we have them, council (Waltham Forest) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1592
Free school meals
24.6%
2.5% above district average (22.1%)

Also: Waltham Forest 31.2% · England 25.8%

SEN
13.4%
11.6% below district average (25%)

Also: Waltham Forest 16.9% · England 16.5%

EAL
38.3%
6.4% above district average (31.9%)
Attendance
95.3%
0.4% above district average (94.9%)

Also: Waltham Forest 92.7% · England 91.9%

Persistent absence
11%
Progress 8
+0.08 (2023/24)
Attainment 8
47.5
Grade 5+ English & maths
44.9%
Grade 4+ English & maths
66.7%
Entered for EBacc
51.3%
EBacc average point score
4.4

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the E4 average; the darker bar is this school.

Trends over time

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 2020/2195.7%
  • 2021/2292.8%
  • 2022/2391.8%
  • 2023/2491.9%
  • 2024/2592.4%

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
1312
Pupils on roll
1592

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Waltham Forest page.

SEN support

SEN %
13.4%
On-site provision
Special classes

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Sept 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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