George Mitchell School[1]
Secondary · All-through · ages 3–16
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 50 50.2 2025/26[2]
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 61% 61% 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 50.2 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 51.3% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 6.2% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.24 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 47[6] | 47.1%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 47.1[4] | 45.8%[4] | -0.24[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 44.8[7] | 44%[7] | -0.08[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 45.3[8] | 36%[8] | +0.23[8] |
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 61% 2024/25[3]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 2% 2024/25[3]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 105 2024/25[3]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 104 2024/25[3]
| Year | Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) | Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) | Reading, average scaled score | Maths, average scaled score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 49%[9] | 5%[9] | 103[9] | 103[9] |
| 2022/23 | 45%[10] | 0%[10] | 104[10] | 103[10] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 95% 2022/23[11]
- School sixth form
- 20% 2022/23[11]
- Sixth-form college
- 44% 2022/23[11]
- Further education college
- 26% 2022/23[11]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[11]
- Employment
- 2% 2022/23[11]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 90%[12] | 21%[12] | 46%[12] | 20%[12] | 0%[12] | 0%[12] |
| 2020/21 | 91%[13] | 18%[13] | 43%[13] | 29%[13] | 0%[13] | 2%[13] |
| 2019/20 | 93%[14] | 6%[14] | 53%[14] | 31%[14] | 0%[14] | 1%[14] |
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
- 6 Jun 2023[15]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[15]
- Report published
- 16 Jul 2023[15]
- Personal development
- Good[15]
- Quality of education
- Good[15]
- Overall effectiveness
- Good[15]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good[15]
- Safeguarding is effective
- Yes[15]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Good[15]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Good[15]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 3.4 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 238 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 62 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 70 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 338[16] | 79[16] | 72[16] | 4.7[16] | 1.1[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 336[16] | 106[16] | 64[16] | 5.3[16] | 1.7[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 320[16] | 95[16] | 64[16] | 5.0[16] | 1.5[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 342[16] | 96[16] | 74[16] | 4.6[16] | 1.3[16] |
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.2 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 85 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 34 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 38 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 136[16] | 42[16] | 57[16] | 2.4[16] | 0.7[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 152[16] | 50[16] | 57[16] | 2.7[16] | 0.9[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 138[16] | 51[16] | 54[16] | 2.6[16] | 0.9[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 142[16] | 46[16] | 56[16] | 2.5[16] | 0.8[16] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy converter[1]
- Ages
- 3–16[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1065[1]
- Trust
- PARTNERSHIP LEARNING[1]
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest[1]
- Website
- https://www.georgemitchellschool.co.uk[1]
- District
- Waltham Forest[17]
- Postcode
- E10 5DN[1]
- URN
- 145106[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 1004 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 55.3% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 11% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 5.1% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 37.3% 2024/25[18]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 32.4%[19]
- Mixed
- 10.8%[19]
- Asian
- 28.6%[19]
- Black
- 22.3%[19]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4.3%[19]
- Unclassified
- 1.6%[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
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.
- 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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- 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.