# South Grove Primary School

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

It had 485 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E103072. [Waltham Forest](https://openindex.co.uk/waltham-forest)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 3 to 11
- Pupils: 485
- Council: Waltham Forest
- URN: 103072

## Latest Ofsted outcome

School remains Outstanding, May 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, 22 May 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, 90% of pupils at South Grove Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 74% in Waltham Forest and 62% in England.
24% 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 | 90% | 74% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 24% | 17% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 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.

- [Low Hall Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/low-hall-nursery-school-e103027): 50 m. Nursery. Outstanding (overall), October 2023
- [Kelmscott School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/kelmscott-school-e103105): 330 m. Secondary. Standards maintained, January 2025. Attainment 8 of 37.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Edinburgh Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/edinburgh-primary-school-e103053): 380 m. Primary. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, March 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Barn Croft Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/barn-croft-primary-school-e131057): 450 m. Primary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Saviour's Church of England Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-saviours-church-of-england-primary-school-e144239): 450 m. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Mission Grove Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/mission-grove-primary-school-e103077): 540 m. Primary. School remains Good, July 2023. 46% 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/103072)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/103072)

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