GCSE results 2026

Waltham Forest GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 17 state secondary schools in Waltham Forest, 2,807 pupils. Waltham Forest ranks 49 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 1.1 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

50.4%

2.6 pts above England

Grade 7+ English & maths

15.2%

0.5 pts above England

Attainment 8

48.6

1.0 points above England

Council rank

49 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Waltham Forest at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest (64.2).
Schools range from 37.5 to 64.2 on Attainment 8, a spread of 26.7 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 42.1, 10.0 points behind their classmates (a smaller gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest (61.1).
Most improved on 2025: South Chingford Foundation School, up 10.0 points to 42.8.

Every Waltham Forest secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Eden Girls' School, Waltham ForestGirls · Muslim · Top 10% three years running	122	64.2	+0.7	87.7%	81.1%	32.0%	61.1
2	Walthamstow School for GirlsGirls · Top 10% three years running	180	57.9	−2.1	81.1%	65.6%	24.4%	51.3
3	Norlington School and 6th FormBoys	153	54.1	+5.5	79.1%	62.7%	20.9%	47.5
4	Walthamstow AcademyChristian	175	52.9	+3.7	78.9%	63.4%	24.6%	47.4
5	Connaught School for GirlsGirls	128	50.4	−0.2	70.3%	52.3%	14.8%	46.8
6	George Mitchell School	113	50.2	+3.2	72.6%	51.3%	6.2%	43.9
7	Frederick Bremer School	173	49.7	+3.0	68.8%	50.3%	15.6%	42.8
8	Leytonstone School	204	49.7	+0.7	75.0%	56.9%	14.7%	40.4
9	Highams Park School	237	49.1	+1.6	71.3%	51.1%	11.8%	42.1
10	Buxton School	133	48.6	+3.4	66.2%	48.9%	15.0%	45.9
11	Holy Family Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	196	48.1	+2.6	68.9%	46.9%	12.2%	41.5
12	Chingford Foundation School	230	45.9	−1.2	67.8%	46.1%	13.5%	39.4
13	Heathcote School & Science College	156	44.0	−2.1	59.6%	44.2%	9.0%	33.6
14	Willowfield School	207	43.5	−2.6	58.9%	42.0%	15.0%	35.9
15	South Chingford Foundation School	86	42.8	+10.0	54.7%	36.0%	12.8%	38.2
16	Lammas School	118	41.0	+4.7	51.7%	35.6%	13.6%	34.8
17	Kelmscott School	196	37.5	−6.2	49.5%	25.5%	6.1%	32.9
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Waltham Forest against the rest of London

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Kingston upon Thames69.6%
Sutton69.4%
Richmond upon Thames67.0%
Barnet65.4%
Hammersmith and Fulham65.2%
Redbridge62.9%
Kensington and Chelsea60.5%
Wandsworth60.1%
Westminster59.3%
Ealing58.4%
Hackney58.1%
Merton58.0%
Bexley57.1%
Harrow55.9%
Bromley55.9%
Southwark55.8%
Newham55.4%
Hounslow55.0%
Hillingdon54.7%
Brent53.5%
Tower Hamlets53.0%
Haringey51.4%
Islington50.8%
Camden50.4%
Waltham Forest50.4%
Barking and Dagenham50.0%
Havering50.0%
Greenwich49.9%
Lewisham49.7%
Enfield48.7%
Croydon47.7%
Lambeth47.2%

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.