Contested schools in Waltham Forest
These are the Waltham Forest schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.
Appeal success rates for Waltham Forest
Secondary schools (9)
Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest | 122 | 171 | 1.40 |
| Walthamstow School for Girls | 173 | 231 | 1.34 |
| Walthamstow Academy | 171 | 221 | 1.29 |
| Heathcote School & Science College | 171 | 196 | 1.15 |
| Kelmscott School | 222 | 234 | 1.05 |
| Frederick Bremer School | 161 | 168 | 1.04 |
| Highams Park School | 229 | 231 | 1.01 |
| Leytonstone School | 196 | 187 | 0.95 |
| George Mitchell School | 70 | 62 | 0.89 |
Primary schools (25)
Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.
| School | Places | First choices | Per place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodford Green Primary School | 30 | 52 | 1.73 |
| Coppermill Primary School | 30 | 45 | 1.50 |
| Riverley Primary School | 60 | 87 | 1.45 |
| South Grove Primary School | 60 | 75 | 1.25 |
| Roger Ascham Primary School | 60 | 73 | 1.22 |
| Willow Brook Primary School Academy | 90 | 108 | 1.20 |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | 90 | 106 | 1.18 |
| Selwyn Primary School | 90 | 103 | 1.14 |
| The Jenny Hammond Primary School | 60 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Yardley Primary School | 90 | 100 | 1.11 |
| Chingford CofE Primary School | 59 | 65 | 1.10 |
| Greenleaf Primary School | 60 | 66 | 1.10 |
| Ainslie Wood Primary School | 60 | 65 | 1.08 |
| Barn Croft Primary School | 30 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Stoneydown Park School | 89 | 95 | 1.07 |
| Davies Lane Primary School | 118 | 125 | 1.06 |
| The Winns Primary School | 90 | 93 | 1.03 |
| Newport School | 120 | 121 | 1.01 |
| Handsworth Primary School | 59 | 59 | 1 |
| Barclay Primary School | 180 | 166 | 0.92 |
| Chase Lane Primary School | 85 | 77 | 0.91 |
| St Saviour's Church of England Primary School | 60 | 54 | 0.90 |
| Parkside Primary School | 80 | 70 | 0.88 |
| Gwyn Jones Primary School | 47 | 41 | 0.87 |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary School | 29 | 25 | 0.86 |
Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.