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George Mitchell School

Farmer Road, Leyton, London, E10 5DN · Waltham Forest
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · YEAR 7 2027

Offers reached between 0.43 and 0.72 miles in the last 2 years we hold. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: London Borough of Waltham Forest offer-day figures, 2022 to 2025.

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Ofsted: Good · June 2023Top 36% (6/17)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 966th of 3,223 on the same figure. Band: Top 36%.
Top 36% (6/17)Rank among 17 Waltham Forest secondaries with results, 2026 results (Attainment 8)
See the Waltham Forest league table →
Inspection
Good, June 2023
Getting in
Last offer 0.72 mi (2025)
Results
-0.24 progress 8; 50.2 attainment 8
Size
973 pupils; 70 places a year; classes of 26
Run by
Partnership Learning
Type
Academy converter
Ages
3 to 16 · Mixed
Ofsted, June 2023The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 61%, against 74% in Waltham Forest.
  • Higher standard: 2%, against 17% in Waltham Forest.
  • Progress 8: -0.24, against -0.05 in Waltham Forest.
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At a glance

Against Waltham Forest and England
This schoolWaltham ForestEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
61%
Worse than Waltham Forest
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
2%
Worse than Waltham Forest
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
-0.24
Worse than Waltham Forest
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
50.2
In line with Waltham Forest
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
51%
In line with Waltham Forest
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.5%
In line with Waltham Forest
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
23.5%
In line with Waltham Forest
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
8.6
In line with Waltham Forest
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
25.5
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
37%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
16.7
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
In line with Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • 62 families put it first for 70 places; 58 of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 6 June 2023
  • Progress 8: -0.24 (England +0.01) (county -0.05) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 50.2 (England 47.4) (county 48.1) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 51% (England 48%) (county 50%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.5% of sessions missed; 23% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 9.0% and 27% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 9 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 20); 4 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 25.5 pupils; 7.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 16.7 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 299 m, rail 428 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 66 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 7 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 18.9 µg/m³, PM2.5 9.3 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Partnership Learning, with 20 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2019
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 January 2019 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced George Mitchell School (URN 103096) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 October 2017
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Last distance offeredAdd your home to this chart
1 mi0.50
20222025

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72025————0.72
Year 7202277—77—0.43
Reception202660—38——
Reception202460—58——
Reception202360—54——
Reception202260—58——

Source: Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Waltham Forest, 2022 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026706223858
Reception202638348534
Year 72025727933867
Reception2025574213642
Year 720246410633654
Reception2024575015250
Year 72023649532059
Reception2023545113851
Year 72022749634266
Reception2022564614246

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2019 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8-0.24+0.01-0.052023/2024
Attainment 850.247.448.12025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above51%48%50%2025/2026
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard61%62%74%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard2%8%17%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2024/2025, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)(42/51)
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 36% (6/17)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
6 June 2023Graded inspectionGood

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2412095%In education 94%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.8%
After GCSEs2022/2311795%In education 93%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 1.7%
After GCSEs2021/2210790%In education 90%; Apprenticeship 0.0%; Employment 0.0%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Waltham Forest league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.5%2.5%5.0%23%1.8%
2023/246.9%2.6%4.3%20%1.2%
2022/237.8%4.2%3.6%25%1.0%
Schools with a similar intake9.0%27%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (30-40%), the median of 654 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/258.64.2%864
2023/247.55.8%751
2022/236.04.3%622
Schools with a similar intake19.7

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size25.52025/26
Classes over 30 pupils7.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher16.7November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus299
rail428

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
202514
202417
202310
202211
202114

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 7 serious and 0 fatal in all; 19 involved a pedestrian, 12 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO218.92024
PM1015.12024
PM259.32024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals37%2025/26
First language other than English56%2025/26
SEN support11%2025/26
Education, health and care plan5.2%2025/26
Girls44%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Partnership Learning, with 20 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined January 2019
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 January 2019 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced George Mitchell School (URN 103096) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 October 2017
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Waltham Forest
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in London and the Waltham Forest league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.