Buxton School
Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Academy sponsor led
South Chingford Foundation School
- Pupils on roll
- 547of 675 places
- Free school meals
- 40.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 120
- Ofsted
- Report card, 20 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Needs attentionInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Needs attentionPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rush Croft Sports College (URN 103104, until 1 October 2012).
What the data says
Of the 95 pupils who finished Year 11 at South Chingford Foundation School in 2023, 32% stayed on in South Chingford Foundation School’s own sixth form (Waltham Forest average 35%), 38% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 32.8 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Waltham Forest, with 29% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Computer Science is unusually popular at GCSE: 31% of the year group took it, against 13% of pupils across England.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 1% went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
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 | This school | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 95 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 91% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 88% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 32% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 19% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 6% | 3% | 3% |
Where students went after sixth form
Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 32.8 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 29% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 37% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 38% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.04 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 40% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 28.1 | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 35.9 | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 60% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 112 | 93% | 89% | 11% | 20% | 51% |
| Mathematics | 112 | 93% | 88% | 12% | 22% | 47% |
| English Literature | 105 | 88% | 86% | 6% | 21% | 50% |
| Combined Science | 79 | 66% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 32% |
| History | 60 | 50% | 41% | 15% | 26% | 45% |
| Psychology | 49 | 41% | 3% | 2% | 22% | 43% |
| Spanish | 44 | 37% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 61% |
| Computer Science | 37 | 31% | 13% | 22% | 30% | 59% |
| Geography | 36 | 30% | 41% | 3% | 25% | 33% |
| Biology | 31 | 26% | 23% | 29% | 45% | 97% |
| Physics | 30 | 25% | 23% | 13% | 46% | 80% |
| Chemistry | 30 | 25% | 23% | 30% | 47% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 27 | 23% | 11% | 7% | 24% | 30% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 18 | 15% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 33% |
| Drama | 18 | 15% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 56% |
| Fine Art | 16 | 13% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 56% |
| Turkish | 5 | 4% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Religious Studies | 4 | 3% | 31% | — | 32% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 3 | 3% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Modern Greek | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
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.