Buxton School
Foundation school · 1,065 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.2
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George Mitchell School
- Pupils on roll
- 973of 1,065 places
- Free school meals
- 38.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 119
- Ofsted
- Good, 6 June 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: George Mitchell School (URN 103096, until 1 October 2017).
What the data says
George Mitchell School has no sixth form. Of the 117 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 44% moved to a sixth form college, 26% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 44% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 61% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.0 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 | George Mitchell School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 117 | 2,805 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 20% | 35% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 44% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 26% | 26% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | George Mitchell School | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 47.0 | 45.3 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 46% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 62% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 51% | 43% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.23 | 4.04 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 35% | 33% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 44.3 | 38.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 48.4 | 48.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 51% | 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 | 118 | 99% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 66% |
| English Language | 118 | 99% | 89% | 17% | 20% | 63% |
| English Literature | 116 | 97% | 86% | 20% | 21% | 72% |
| Combined Science | 91 | 76% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 51% |
| Business Studies | 73 | 61% | 18% | 25% | 20% | 74% |
| Geography | 58 | 49% | 41% | 21% | 25% | 67% |
| History | 50 | 42% | 41% | 30% | 26% | 68% |
| French | 39 | 33% | 18% | 18% | 29% | 59% |
| Spanish | 31 | 26% | 19% | 32% | 27% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 24% | 13% | 41% | 30% | 93% |
| Physics | 25 | 21% | 23% | 40% | 46% | 88% |
| Chemistry | 25 | 21% | 23% | 44% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 25 | 21% | 23% | 44% | 45% | 96% |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 20% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 75% |
| Design and Technology | 12 | 10% | 11% | 33% | 23% | 75% |
| Italian | 3 | 3% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Chinese | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 24 | — | — |
| Art and Design | 18 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 18 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 16 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Waltham Forest
Chingford Foundation School
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92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.1
Connaught School for Girls
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96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.6
Eden Girls' School, Waltham Forest
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98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 63.5
Frederick Bremer School
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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.7
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.