Ainslie Wood Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 3-11
Religion Does not apply
Address 140 Ainslie Wood Road
Waltham Forest
London
E4 9DD
Phone 02085237913
Reference Number 130343

Ainslie Wood Primary School is performing well overall, rated as good in several key areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, leadership, and early years provision. The school's strong sense of community fosters a warm environment where pupils feel safe and respected. The curriculum is broad and designed to engage pupils actively in their learning. This is complemented by a strong personal development program that emphasizes character building and prepares students for future challenges. While students achieve well academically, there are specific subjects where curriculum coherence could be improved to strengthen prior knowledge retention.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 437
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.8%
Girls: 49.2%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 10.6%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 31.6%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 26.9
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 29.2
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 28.7

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 26 32 58
2 27 32 59
3 33 25 58
4 34 24 58
5 27 29 56
6 26 28 54

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 30.2%
White, Other 21.7%
Mixed, Other 20.4%
Pakistani 5.7%
Caribbean 3%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.5%
Indian 2.3%
Asian, Other 2.3%
African 1.6%
Chinese 0.7%
White & Asian 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
White & Black (African) 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Outstanding
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 11 Jul 2023
Date Report
11 Jul 2023 School inspection:
02 Jul 2019 Short inspection
01 Dec 2015 Short inspection
19 Mar 2012 Full inspection:
09 Dec 2009 Full inspection:
13 Jul 2009 Monitoring visit
26 Feb 2009 Monitoring visit
09 Oct 2008 Full inspection:
29 Mar 2004 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Warm, caring, and welcoming school community.
  • High expectations for all pupils.
  • Broad and balanced curriculum focused on real-world application.
  • Exceptional personal development program.
  • Strong support for pupils with SEND.
  • High-quality extracurricular opportunities.

Areas for Improvement

  • Some subjects lack coherent planning and sequencing.
  • Key knowledge not clearly identified in all subjects.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 87%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 34%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 109
Maths 111

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 0.4
Writing 0.3
Maths 1.9

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 47 5
Third Preference 54 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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