# Handsworth Primary School

Handsworth Primary School is a primary school in Waltham Forest, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 418 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E103059. [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 418
- Council: Waltham Forest
- URN: 103059

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (overall), June 2023
- Inspection: Graded inspection, 20 June 2023
- Overall effectiveness: Good
- Quality of education: Good
- Behaviour and attitudes: Good
- Personal development: Good
- Leadership and management: Good
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 65% of pupils at Handsworth Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 74% in Waltham Forest and 62% in England.
16% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Waltham Forest | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 74% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 16% | 17% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 107 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Highams Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/highams-park-school-e137558): 90 m. Secondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 49.1 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Joseph Clarke School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/joseph-clarke-school-e140197): 140 m. Special. School remains Good, November 2022
- [Oakhill Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oakhill-primary-school-e103069): 430 m. Primary. Graded inspection, November 2024: no overall grade. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Selwyn Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/selwyn-primary-school-e143383): 660 m. Primary. Outstanding (overall), May 2022. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Ainslie Wood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/ainslie-wood-primary-school-e130343): 1 km. Primary. Good (overall), July 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [South Chingford Foundation School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/south-chingford-foundation-school-e138859): 1.1 km. Secondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.8 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/103059)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/103059)

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