Buxton School
Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Community school
Leytonstone School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,028of 990 places
- Free school meals
- 26.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 204
- Ofsted
- Report card, 13 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Leytonstone School has no sixth form. Of the 174 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 37% moved to a sixth form college, 36% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 37% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 27% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Most pupils take the three separate sciences: at least 61% sat Biology, Chemistry and Physics as individual GCSEs, compared with about 23% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Waltham Forest and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Leytonstone School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 174 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 20% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 37% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 36% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Leytonstone School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 49.0 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 14% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.95 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 23% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.5 | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.9 | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 28% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 204 | 100% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 75% |
| English Language | 204 | 100% | 89% | 25% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 203 | 100% | 86% | 34% | 21% | 81% |
| Religious Studies | 201 | 99% | 31% | 24% | 32% | 67% |
| Physics | 124 | 61% | 23% | 20% | 46% | 69% |
| Biology | 124 | 61% | 23% | 19% | 45% | 75% |
| Chemistry | 124 | 61% | 23% | 16% | 47% | 70% |
| History | 111 | 54% | 41% | 37% | 26% | 67% |
| Combined Science | 80 | 39% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 28% |
| Design and Technology | 69 | 34% | 11% | 36% | 23% | 78% |
| Art and Design | 60 | 29% | 7% | 32% | 24% | 72% |
| Geography | 55 | 27% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 45% |
| Sociology | 55 | 27% | 4% | 20% | 21% | 73% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 46 | 23% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 65% |
| Physical Education | 44 | 22% | 11% | 11% | 24% | 48% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 15% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 53% |
| Drama | 28 | 14% | 7% | 18% | 27% | 61% |
| Music | 21 | 10% | 5% | 24% | 33% | 67% |
| Spanish | 17 | 8% | 19% | 59% | 27% | 76% |
| French | 11 | 5% | 18% | 55% | 29% | 73% |
| Chinese | 6 | 3% | 1% | 100% | 75% | 100% |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Fine Art | 1 | 0% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 29 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 24 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Waltham Forest
Chingford Foundation School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,363 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.1
Connaught School for Girls
Academy converter · 550 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest
Free schools · 617 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.5
Frederick Bremer School
Community school · 888 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
George Mitchell School
Academy converter · 973 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.