Waltham Forest College
Waltham Forest College is a further education in London for boys and girls aged 16 to 99.
Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4JB020 8501 8000waltham.ac.ukMrs Janet Gardner principalAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
A level and sixth-form results, 2025
1,243 students finished sixth-form courses.
All sixth-form measures, year by year
| Measure | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,243 | 1,072 | 938 | 946 | 1,468 | 1,323 |
| Average A level grade | – | – | – | – | – | NE |
| Applied general courses: points per entry | 20.37 | 21.17 | 19.46 | 22.31 | – | – |
| T levels: points per entry | 20.80 | 19.55 | 22.14 | 24.09 | – | – |
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.
What pupils do next
After sixth form
Where the 809 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 53%, compared with 59% for everyone else.
Where the ones heading for university went
Among students from low-income families, 33% went on to degree-level study or training and 1% to a top-third university.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers | 2019/20 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 57% | 60% | 63% | – |
| Education | 29% | 29% | 38% | – |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 4% | 4% | 0% |
| Work | 26% | 27% | 21% | – |
| Not in education, work or training | 32% | 29% | 25% | – |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 230 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Holy Family Catholic School | Roman Catholic | 270 m | 1,175 | Good 2023 | 63 | Compare |
| The Woodside Primary Academy | Academy | 450 m | 1,188 | Outstanding 2023 | 82 | Compare |
| Emmanuel Community School | Free school | 490 m | 82 | Requires improvement 2024 | 3 | Compare |
| Sir George Monoux College | Further education | 530 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Frederick Bremer School | Council | 590 m | 888 | Good 2024 | 47 | Compare |
| Whitefield School | Academy | 670 m | 366 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Walthamstow School for Girls | Council | 710 m | 895 | Not inspected | 90 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Waltham Forest College a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Waltham Forest College yet.
How many pupils does Waltham Forest College have?
The number of pupils is not published.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Forest Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4JB
- Telephone
- 020 8501 8000
- Website
- www.waltham.ac.uk
- Principal
- Mrs Janet Gardner
- Type of school
- Further education (Further education, colleges)
- Phase
- College, ages 16-99
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Ward
- Chapel End
- Constituency
- Walthamstow
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 130456 · LAESTAB 3208001 · UKPRN 10007321
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.
- 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.