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Greenleaf Primary School

Primary · London · E17 6QW

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 23 June 2026 · report published 8 September 2026

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At a glance

464 pupils · 98% of 472 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
19.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
56% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
14.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.greenleafschool.org.uk
URN
103054

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 66 families named it first for 60 Reception places, 1.10 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.461 miles; distance decided places in 12 of the 17 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 23 June 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.10 first-choice applications per place

60 places offered · 66 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.461 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.461 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

55 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
31%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
Waltham Forest average74.8%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Cherry Tree Primary SchoolWatford · 17 miles awayGood48%
Beechfield SchoolWatford · 17 miles awayStrong standard72%
St Michael's Church of England Primary SchoolBournemouth · 101 miles awayGood67%
St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary SchoolLuton · 29 miles awayGood66%
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary SchoolCrawley · 33 miles awayStrong standard85%
The Olive School, BoltonBolton · 171 miles awayOutstanding (2019)95%
Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) SchoolWakefield · 158 miles awayGood60%
John Bramston Primary SchoolHainault · 6 miles awayGood58%
English Martyrs' Catholic Primary SchoolReading · 44 miles awayGood65%
Poplars Farm Primary SchoolBradford · 170 miles awayGood54%
Castle AcademyNorthampton · 59 miles awayExpected standard69%
The Lincoln Bishop King Church of England Primary SchoolLincoln · 115 miles awayNeeds attention45%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 24% (Waltham Forest 12%, England 5%) · White British 22% (Waltham Forest 25%, England 60%) · Any other White background 17% (Waltham Forest 19%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Waltham Forest 8%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 6% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 3% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Black African 3% (Waltham Forest 7%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 2% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Waltham Forest 1%, England 0%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

4.18 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Waltham Forest: 0.98 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

95% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

56% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,500; 25% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,266
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£169,271; in-year balance -£147,874

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher56.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications12.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work46.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier55.1%62.3%
Social housing18.5%17.1%
Privately rented26.4%20.5%
Detached houses2.5%22.9%
Flats58.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van47.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004457 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£548,5001,161 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£400,000–£730,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£628,000
Semi-detached (38)£707,500
Terraced (531)£735,000
Flat (587)£417,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.74 km, 2026 entry): 779 sales, median £545,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
22an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
117an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
11an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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