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Heathcote School & Science College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 44.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
44.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.37 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 46.1[6] 44.4%[6]
2023/24 43.4[4] 38.7%[4] -0.37[4]
2022/23 44.1[7] 43%[7] -0.26[7]
2021/22 47.7[8] 48%[8] -0.08[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.5% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C+[10] 9.4%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 8.5%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 4.7%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 5.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
50% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
29% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 52%[15] 12%[15] 28%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 56%[16] 8%[16] 28%[16] 4%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 55%[17] 9%[17] 24%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 51%[18] 16%[18] 26%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
92% 2022/23[19]
Education
63% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
25% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 58%[20] 11%[20] 21%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 70%[21] 4%[21] 13%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 59%[22] 4%[22] 17%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 61%[23] 7%[23] 16%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
62% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
14% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
14% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 76%[26] 29%[26]
2019/20 73%[25] 15%[25] 14%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 72%[27] 18%[27] 16%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 66%[28] 16%[28] 15%[28] 1%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
28 Feb 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
29 Apr 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Sep 2018[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
9 Jan 2018[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
562 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
196 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
171 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
1.1 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 529[32] 196[32] 175[32] 3.0[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2024 559[32] 216[32] 174[32] 3.2[32] 1.2[32]
Entry Sept 2023 560[32] 191[32] 168[32] 3.3[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 540[32] 183[32] 172[32] 3.1[32] 1.1[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1260[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
http://www.heathcoteschool.com/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[33]
Postcode
E4 6ES[1]
URN
103097[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1116 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
33.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
12.8% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
6.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.7% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
57.4%[35]
Mixed
13.9%[35]
Asian
11.4%[35]
Black
11.8%[35]
Any other ethnic group
4.7%[35]
Unclassified
0.8%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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