Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy
Primary schoolWaltham Holy Cross Primary Academy is a primary school in Epping Forest, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 598 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), March 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 26 March 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 73% of pupils at Waltham Holy Cross Primary Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Essex and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Essex | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 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
In a straight line- King Harold Business & Enterprise AcademySecondary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 39.7 (2025/26, provisional)640 m
- Leverton Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024. 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.1 km
- Hillhouse CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 43% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
- Holdbrook Primary School and NurseryPrimary. Good (overall), January 2022. 52% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.9 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Epping Forest
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).