Buxton School
Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Academy special sponsor led
Joseph Clarke School
- Pupils on roll
- 111of 110 places
- Free school meals
- 41.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 10
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 10 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Joseph Clarke School (URN 103114, until 31 March 2014).
What the data says
Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at Joseph Clarke School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Joseph Clarke School’s own sixth form (Waltham Forest average 35%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 4.0 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Waltham Forest, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none 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 | Joseph Clarke School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 9 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 89% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 89% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 11% | 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 | Joseph Clarke School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 4.0 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.17 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 20% | 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 | 2 | 20% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Computer Science | 1 | 10% | 13% | — | 30% | — |
| English Literature | 1 | 10% | 86% | — | 21% | — |
| Mathematics | 1 | 10% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
| Music | 1 | 10% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
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.