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Chingford Foundation School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 46 45.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
45.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
46.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
13.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.14 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 47.1[6] 49.2%[6]
2023/24 46.2[4] 40.3%[4] -0.14[4]
2022/23 45.6[7] 44%[7] -0.18[7]
2021/22 49.2[8] 50%[8] -0.11[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
12% 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] 2.2%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 6.6%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 18.1%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 10.2%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
48% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
38% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2020/21[15]
Employment
1% 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 98%[16] 53%[16] 15%[16] 29%[16] 0%[16]
2020/21 96%[15] 56%[15] 9%[15] 28%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2019/20 98%[17] 65%[17] 7%[17] 25%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 58%[18] 12%[18] 22%[18] 2%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 57%[20] 11%[20] 17%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 66%[21] 10%[21] 12%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 68%[22] 6%[22] 14%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 61%[23] 11%[23] 18%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
68% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
29% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
35% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 71%[26] 27%[26]
2019/20 76%[25] 31%[25] 35%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 67%[27] 27%[27] 23%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 66%[28] 20%[28] 20%[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
4 Oct 2023[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
15 Nov 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
10 Dec 2019[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
11 Jul 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
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
483 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
150 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
212 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 429[32] 134[32] 162[32] 2.6[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 463[32] 138[32] 197[32] 2.4[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 506[32] 181[32] 227[32] 2.2[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2022 556[32] 204[32] 229[32] 2.4[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1524[1]
Trust
CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
http://www.chingfordfoundation.org[1]
District
Waltham Forest[33]
Postcode
E4 7LT[1]
URN
138691[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1401 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
42.3% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
10.7% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
6.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
27.4% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
50%[35]
Mixed
15.3%[35]
Asian
14.5%[35]
Black
16.4%[35]
Any other ethnic group
3.5%[35]
Unclassified
0.2%[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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    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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