Buxton School
Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Community school
Kelmscott School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,137of 1,140 places
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 196
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 15 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Kelmscott School has no sixth form. Of the 169 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 47% moved to a sixth form college, 29% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 47% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 43.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Waltham Forest, with 38% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Kelmscott School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 169 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 10% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 47% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 29% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kelmscott School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 43.7 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 38% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 60% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.81 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 36% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 39.4 | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.1 | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 31% | 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 | 194 | 99% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 193 | 98% | 89% | 12% | 20% | 65% |
| English Literature | 193 | 98% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 63% |
| Combined Science | 154 | 79% | 65% | 4% | 9% | 36% |
| Religious Studies | 78 | 40% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 59% |
| Computer Science | 76 | 39% | 13% | 20% | 30% | 59% |
| French | 65 | 33% | 18% | 20% | 29% | 68% |
| History | 53 | 27% | 41% | 11% | 26% | 58% |
| Spanish | 47 | 24% | 19% | 49% | 27% | 94% |
| Art and Design | 46 | 23% | 7% | 15% | 24% | 89% |
| Business Studies | 46 | 23% | 18% | 4% | 20% | 54% |
| Geography | 43 | 22% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 60% |
| Chemistry | 41 | 21% | 23% | 39% | 47% | 95% |
| Physics | 41 | 21% | 23% | 29% | 46% | 98% |
| Biology | 41 | 21% | 23% | 27% | 45% | 93% |
| Physical Education | 25 | 13% | 11% | 8% | 24% | 48% |
| Classical Civilisation | 18 | 9% | 1% | 11% | 40% | 44% |
| Economics | 17 | 9% | 1% | 6% | 34% | 71% |
| Design and Technology | 16 | 8% | 11% | 0% | 23% | 38% |
| Applied Engineering | 15 | 8% | 0% | 0% | 18% | 60% |
| Urdu | 15 | 8% | 1% | 20% | 42% | 53% |
| Drama | 12 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 42% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 12 | 6% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 58% |
| Ancient History | 8 | 4% | 0% | 38% | 37% | 75% |
| Latin | 7 | 4% | 1% | 29% | 74% | 71% |
| Classical Greek | 6 | 3% | 0% | 33% | 92% | 67% |
| Russian | 6 | 3% | 0% | 100% | 87% | 100% |
| Turkish | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 66 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 3 | — | — |
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.