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Connaught School for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 50.4 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.18 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 50.6[5] 45%[5]
2023/24 50.3[3] 44.9%[3] -0.18[3]
2022/23 48.2[6] 47%[6] +0.13[6]
2021/22 57.4[7] 65%[7] +0.44[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
23% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
52% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 95%[9] 26%[9] 62%[9] 6%[9] 0%[9] 1%[9]
2020/21 98%[10] 25%[10] 60%[10] 13%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]
2019/20 97%[11] 22%[11] 59%[11] 14%[11] 1%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 97%[12] 21%[12] 60%[12] 15%[12] 0%[12] 1%[12]

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
25 Feb 2025[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
30 Mar 2025[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
3 Oct 2019[14] Section 8 inspections of good and non-exempt outstanding schools[14] No overall grade[14]
Date not published[15] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15] No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference)
152 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences
44 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered
71 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 234[16] 69[16] 97[16] 2.4[16] 0.7[16]
Entry Sept 2024 251[16] 80[16] 122[16] 2.1[16] 0.7[16]
Entry Sept 2023 266[16] 97[16] 128[16] 2.1[16] 0.8[16]
Entry Sept 2022 277[16] 100[16] 131[16] 2.1[16] 0.8[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
632[1]
Trust
CONNAUGHT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
http://www.connaught-school.co.uk/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[17]
Postcode
E11 4AE[1]
URN
139293[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
603 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
28.7% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
5.5% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
2.7% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
46.1% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
8.9%[19]
Mixed
10.5%[19]
Asian
60.7%[19]
Black
12.7%[19]
Any other ethnic group
6.9%[19]
Unclassified
0.2%[19]

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.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2015/16. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. 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.