Buxton School
Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
Community school
Willowfield School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,035of 1,050 places
- Free school meals
- 34.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 175
- Ofsted
- Report card, 20 January 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Expected standardAchievement Expected standardAttendance and behaviour Expected standardPersonal development and wellbeing Expected standardInclusion Expected standardLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says
Willowfield School has no sixth form. Of the 171 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 41% moved to a sixth form college, 28% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 41% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 33% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.1 against 46.1 across England and 45.3 in Waltham Forest, with 55% 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 | Willowfield School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 171 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 23% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 41% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 28% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Willowfield School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.1 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.06 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 31% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 40.5 | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.6 | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 29% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 175 | 100% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 70% |
| Mathematics | 175 | 100% | 88% | 25% | 22% | 75% |
| English Literature | 174 | 99% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 81% |
| Combined Science | 169 | 97% | 65% | 11% | 9% | 60% |
| History | 117 | 67% | 41% | 10% | 26% | 53% |
| Geography | 65 | 37% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 60% |
| Religious Studies | 62 | 35% | 31% | 31% | 32% | 77% |
| Sociology | 58 | 33% | 4% | 19% | 21% | 67% |
| Media Studies | 54 | 31% | 4% | 4% | 20% | 41% |
| Computer Science | 48 | 27% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 58% |
| Spanish | 31 | 18% | 19% | 32% | 27% | 77% |
| French | 28 | 16% | 18% | 32% | 29% | 79% |
| Physical Education | 24 | 14% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 46% |
| Astronomy | 24 | 14% | 0% | 8% | 29% | 46% |
| 3D Design | 23 | 13% | 2% | 4% | 16% | 57% |
| Photography | 21 | 12% | 6% | 5% | 19% | 43% |
| Art and Design | 19 | 11% | 7% | 5% | 24% | 68% |
| Textiles | 19 | 11% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 42% |
| Drama | 16 | 9% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 44% |
| Music | 9 | 5% | 5% | 11% | 33% | 56% |
| Biology | 4 | 2% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Chemistry | 4 | 2% | 23% | — | 47% | — |
| Physics | 4 | 2% | 23% | — | 46% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 28 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 20 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 11 | — | — |
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
Frederick Bremer School
Community school · 888 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
George Mitchell School
Academy converter · 973 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.0
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.