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Connaught School for Girls

Secondary · London · E11 4AE

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 25 February 2025

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At a glance

550 pupils · 87% of 632 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–16
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
39.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
28.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
5.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.connaught-school.co.uk/
URN
139293

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 44 families named it first for 71 Year 7 places, 0.62 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2023 entry went to 1.189 miles; distance decided places in 4 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2009 to 2026. At its inspection on 25 February 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.62 first-choice applications per place

71 places offered · 44 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2023 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.189 miles

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

GCSE results (2024/2025)

120 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
50.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
45%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

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

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school50.6
Median of its 12 closest peers42.5
Waltham Forest average47.3
England46.1

On attainment 8, 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.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Hornchurch High SchoolHornchurch · 8 miles awayGood (2019)54
The Hereford Church of England AcademyHereford · 121 miles awayNeeds attention39.6
St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood52.7
Thomas More Catholic SchoolPurley · 16 miles awayGood (2019)42.1
St Joseph's CollegeLondon · 11 miles awayGood45.5
The Wells AcademyNottingham · 109 miles awayExpected standard43.1
RhyddingsAccrington · 181 miles awayRequires improvement36.5
South Bank University AcademyLondon · 7 miles awayExpected standard41.5
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic AcademyStockton-on-Tees · 213 miles awayExpected standard40.3
Harris Girls' Academy East DulwichLondon · 8 miles awayOutstanding54.3
Notre Dame Catholic Girls' SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayNeeds attention42.8
St Aidan's Church of England AcademyDarlington · 214 miles awayGood40

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 38% (Waltham Forest 15%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 11% (Waltham Forest 6%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 7% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 7% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 7% (Waltham Forest 20%, England 7%) · Any other Black background 6% (Waltham Forest 4%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Waltham Forest 6%, England 3%) · Black African 5% (Waltham Forest 10%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 4% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Waltham Forest 3%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Waltham Forest 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Waltham Forest 5%, England 1%) · White British 2% (Waltham Forest 16%, England 59%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Waltham Forest 2%, England 1%) · 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)
6.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
19%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.48 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Waltham Forest: 10.80 suspensions and 0.22 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
14.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

89% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

89.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 13.4 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 £57,707; 10.3% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,687
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (6%) · supplies and services 8% (11%) · educational supplies 3% (6%) · bought-in professional services 4% (1%) · catering 3% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £138,000; in-year balance +£295,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
96%
Continuing in education
96%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher51.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15.1%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.9%62.3%
Social housing16.9%17.1%
Privately rented39.1%20.5%
Detached houses1.7%22.9%
Flats59.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms17.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van53.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004440 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£530,000954 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£420,000–£755,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£865,000
Semi-detached (25)£865,000
Terraced (448)£750,000
Flat (475)£425,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.91 km, 2023 entry): 2,577 sales, median £538,000. 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
17an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
82an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an 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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