Burnside Secondary PRU
Burnside Secondary PRU is a pupil referral unit in London for boys and girls aged 11 to 16. It has 19 pupils and room for 56. About 79 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2022.
Burnside Avenue, 2 Burnside Avenue, Chingford, London, E4 8YJ020 8289 4740hawkswoodgroup.org.ukMichael Mcgraw headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
A shorter visit on 22 June 2022 found nothing to change the school's grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall. A shorter follow-up visit found nothing to change that. The last full inspection was before September 2019, which is as far back as Ofsted's public records go, so we can't show its date or the grades for each area.
This inspection is more than 4 years old. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of one grade.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Waltham Forest council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (2), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 19 | 23 | 25 | 18 | 26 | 32 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 79% | 39% | 32% | 33% | 65% | 44% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 42% | 39% | 36% | 11% | 19% | 19% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 78% | 76% | 89% | 81% | 97% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 20% | 11% | 12% | 3% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 7 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 29% | 22% | 29% |
| Education | 29% | 11% | 29% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 11% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 57% | 33% | 47% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salisbury Manor Primary School | Academy | 70 m | 268 | Good 2023 | 32 | Compare |
| Chase Lane Primary School | Council | 770 m | 680 | Good 2022 | 62 | Compare |
| South Chingford Foundation School | Academy | 890 m | 547 | Report card 2026 | 2 | Compare |
| Ainslie Wood Primary School | Council | 910 m | 451 | Good 2023 | 90 | Compare |
| Walthamstow Primary Academy | Free school | 950 m | 181 | Good 2024 | 76 | Compare |
| Walthamstow Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 1,092 | Good 2022 | 72 | Compare |
| Roger Ascham Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 418 | Good 2024 | 92 | Compare |
| Lime Academy Hornbeam | Academy | 0.7 miles | 294 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Burnside Secondary PRU a good school?
Burnside Secondary PRU doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in June 2022.
What is Burnside Secondary PRU's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Burnside Secondary PRU good at its last full inspection on 22 June 2022. That was more than four years ago. When Ofsted next visits, the school will get a report card instead of a single grade.
How many pupils does Burnside Secondary PRU have?
19 pupils aged 11 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 56 places, so it is 34% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Burnside Avenue, 2 Burnside Avenue, Chingford, London, E4 8YJ
- Telephone
- 020 8289 4740
- Website
- www.hawkswoodgroup.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Michael Mcgraw
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 11-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Ward
- Valley
- Constituency
- Chingford and Woodford Green
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 12 September 2011 (result of amalgamation)
- URN
- 137328 · LAESTAB 3201107 · UKPRN 10035323
- Formerly
- The Davis School, Key Stage 3 Short Stay School/ AP
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.