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South Chingford Foundation School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 43 42.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
42.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
36% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
12.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.79 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 32.8[5] 29.2%[5]
2023/24 35.2[3] 26.2%[3] -0.79[3]
2022/23 40.6[6] 37%[6] -0.24[6]
2021/22 41.1[7] 28%[7] -0.47[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D- 2017/18[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
YearA-level average grade
2016/17 U[10]
2015/16 U[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
32% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
19% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
38% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[12]
Employment
1% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[13] 23%[13] 23%[13] 46%[13] 0%[13] 0%[13]
2020/21 91%[14] 28%[14] 20%[14] 36%[14] 2%[14] 6%[14]
2019/20 89%[15] 20%[15] 25%[15] 42%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2018/19 90%[16] 32%[16] 18%[16] 38%[16] 1%[16] 1%[16]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2018/19[17]
UK higher education
41% 2018/19[17]
Education
41% 2018/19[17]
Apprenticeship
0% 2018/19[17]
Employment
47% 2018/19[17]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2016/17 71%[18] 29%[18] 35%[18] 0%[18] 35%[18]
2015/16 78%[19] 43%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
57% 2018/19[20]
Top third of most selective universities
0% 2018/19[20]
Russell Group universities
0% 2018/19[20]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2018/19[20]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2017/18 40%[21] 0%[21] 0%[21] 0%[21]
2015/16 33%[22] 0%[22] 0%[22] 0%[22]

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
20 Jan 2026[23]
Type
S5 Inspection[23]
Report published
26 Mar 2026[23]
Inclusion
Needs attention[23]
Achievement
Needs attention[23]
Safeguarding standards
Met[23]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[23]
Attendance and behaviour
Needs attention[23]
Leadership and governance
Needs attention[23]
Personal development and wellbeing
Needs attention[23]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
14 Sep 2021[24] Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[24] No overall grade[24]
Date not published[25] Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[25] Good[25]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.2 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Applications (any preference)
141 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences
28 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Places offered
64 Entry Sept 2026[26]
First preferences per place
0.4 Entry Sept 2026[26]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 200[26] 31[26] 56[26] 3.6[26] 0.6[26]
Entry Sept 2024 292[26] 72[26] 140[26] 2.1[26] 0.5[26]
Entry Sept 2023 262[26] 54[26] 132[26] 2.0[26] 0.4[26]
Entry Sept 2022 230[26] 48[26] 114[26] 2.0[26] 0.4[26]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
675[1]
Trust
CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
https://www.southchingfordfoundationfs.org.uk/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[27]
Postcode
E4 8SG[1]
URN
138859[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
617 2024/25[28]
English as an additional language
54% 2024/25[28]
SEN support
10.4% 2024/25[28]
EHC plan
4.7% 2024/25[28]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.7% 2024/25[28]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
39.9%[29]
Mixed
13.5%[29]
Asian
22.9%[29]
Black
17%[29]
Any other ethnic group
6%[29]
Unclassified
0.7%[29]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2016/17, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  26. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  27. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  29. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.