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Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 64 64.2 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
64.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
81.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
32% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.94 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 63.5[5] 73.8%[5]
2023/24 57.8[3] 63.7%[3] +0.94[3]
2022/23 60.2[6] 72%[6] +1.20[6]
2021/22 56.7[7] 75%[7] +0.77[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
48% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
42% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
8% 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] 52%[9] 37%[9] 6%[9] 0%[9] 0%[9]
2020/21 98%[10] 55%[10] 35%[10] 6%[10] 0%[10] 0%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 41%[11] 44%[11] 7%[11] 0%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 92%[12] 52%[12] 35%[12] 5%[12] 0%[12] 0%[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
27 Sep 2022[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
15 Nov 2022[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Apr 2017[14] S5 Inspection[14] Outstanding[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.5 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
309 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
171 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
122 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 326[15] 150[15] 123[15] 2.7[15] 1.2[15]
Entry Sept 2024 367[15] 187[15] 121[15] 3.0[15] 1.5[15]
Entry Sept 2023 344[15] 174[15] 123[15] 2.8[15] 1.4[15]
Entry Sept 2022 321[15] 157[15] 123[15] 2.6[15] 1.3[15]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
124 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Faith
Muslim[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
840[1]
Trust
STAR ACADEMIES[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
www.edengirlswalthamforest.com[1]
District
Waltham Forest[17]
Postcode
E17 5SD[1]
URN
140957[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
620 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
66.8% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
4.4% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.1% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
2.1%[19]
Mixed
9.6%[19]
Asian
66.1%[19]
Black
13.9%[19]
Any other ethnic group
7.5%[19]
Unclassified
0.8%[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 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. edengirlswalthamforest.com: edengirlswalthamforest.com — Detmd adm arr eden wf 2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    All applicants are required to complete their home Local Authority's common application form by 31 October 2026. (p. 2)
    The published admission number for Year 7 is 124. (p. 2)
  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.