# Roger Ascham Primary School

Roger Ascham Primary School is a primary school in Waltham Forest, for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

Primary school. Code E136362. [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Academy converter
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 418
- Council: Waltham Forest
- URN: 136362

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, July 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, 17 July 2024
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, 86% of pupils at Roger Ascham Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 74% in Waltham Forest and 62% in England.
26% 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 | 86% | 74% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 26% | 17% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107 | 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.

- [Walthamstow Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walthamstow-academy-e132727): 180 m. Secondary. School remains Good, November 2022. Attainment 8 of 52.9 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Walthamstow Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/walthamstow-primary-academy-e141748): 260 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2024. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Lime Academy Hornbeam](https://openindex.co.uk/school/lime-academy-hornbeam-e138454): 390 m. Special. School remains Good, December 2023
- [Whittingham Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whittingham-primary-academy-e139317): 580 m. Primary. Improved significantly, June 2025. 82% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [The Winns Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-winns-primary-school-e103061): 700 m. Primary. School remains Good, January 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Hillyfield Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hillyfield-primary-academy-e136413): 860 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, June 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)

## 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/136362)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/136362)

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