Buxton School
Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Community school
Frederick Bremer School
- Pupils on roll
- 888of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 34.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 5 June 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Warwick School for Boys (URN 103099).
What the data says
Frederick Bremer School has no sixth form. Of the 176 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 30% moved to a sixth form college, 39% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 30% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 30% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.7 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Waltham Forest, with 47% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Waltham Forest and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Frederick Bremer School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 176 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 92% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 90% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 20% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 30% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 39% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Frederick Bremer School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.7 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 63% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 44% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.15 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 29% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 38.6 | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 50.0 | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 39% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 174 | 100% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 68% |
| English Language | 172 | 100% | 89% | 20% | 20% | 67% |
| English Literature | 167 | 97% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 137 | 80% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 50% |
| History | 89 | 52% | 41% | 25% | 26% | 65% |
| French | 76 | 44% | 18% | 37% | 29% | 82% |
| Geography | 56 | 33% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 66% |
| Sociology | 52 | 30% | 4% | 15% | 21% | 58% |
| Biology | 32 | 19% | 23% | 63% | 45% | 97% |
| Physics | 31 | 18% | 23% | 61% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 31 | 18% | 23% | 71% | 47% | 100% |
| Drama | 31 | 18% | 7% | 10% | 27% | 42% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 17% | 13% | 27% | 30% | 83% |
| Psychology | 28 | 16% | 3% | 21% | 22% | 79% |
| Citizenship Studies | 26 | 15% | 3% | 19% | 19% | 58% |
| Religious Studies | 25 | 15% | 31% | 12% | 32% | 68% |
| Art and Design | 23 | 13% | 7% | 35% | 24% | 74% |
| Music | 15 | 9% | 5% | 40% | 33% | 73% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 14 | 8% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 36% |
| Turkish | 6 | 3% | 0% | 50% | 71% | 100% |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Japanese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Spanish | 1 | 1% | 19% | — | 27% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Retailing | 52 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 47 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 24 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 20 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 13 | — | — |
| Tourism | 10 | — | — |
Where Frederick Bremer School is
Other secondary schools in Waltham Forest are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Waltham Forest’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Waltham Forest
Chingford Foundation School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,363 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.1
Connaught School for Girls
Academy converter · 550 pupils
96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest
Free schools · 617 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.5
George Mitchell School
Academy converter · 973 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
Heathcote School & Science College
Community school · sixth form · 1,115 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.1
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.