Emmanuel Community School

Type Primary / Free schools
Age Range 4-11
Religion Christian
Address The Drive
Walthamstow
London
E17 3BN
Phone 02085200775
Reference Number 138258

Emmanuel Community School is currently rated as requiring improvement across all assessed areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This inspection marks the school's first routine evaluation since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it revealed that although pupils generally enjoy their school experience and have access to various enrichment activities, substantial issues affecting the delivery of the curriculum hinder overall educational effectiveness. The school's leadership is described as ambitious, yet inconsistencies in teaching quality and curriculum execution are evident, particularly affecting pupils’ learning outcomes.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 135
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 42.22%
Girls: 57.78%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 34.1%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 44.4%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 19.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 16.7
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 21.3

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 9 5 14
2 9 12 21
3 7 11 18
4 8 11 19
5 9 14 23
6 10 16 26

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Unclassified 3.7%
White, British 3%
Caribbean 1.5%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
 >  Quality of education Requires Improvement
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Requires Improvement
  >  Personal Development Requires Improvement
  >  Leadership & Management Requires Improvement
  >  Early Years Provision Requires Improvement
Last Report Date 23 Apr 2024
Date Report
23 Apr 2024 School inspection:
04 Dec 2018 Short inspection
15 Jul 2014 Full inspection:

Strengths

  • Pupils enjoy attending school and have friends to play with.
  • The school provides a range of enrichment activities.
  • There is a logical and well-structured curriculum.
  • Early reading is prioritized and well-managed.
  • Members of the gardening club contribute positively to the community.

Areas for Improvement

  • Expectations for behaviour are not consistently high.
  • The quality of education, particularly for SEND students, is inadequate.
  • Inconsistent implementation of the curriculum leads to gaps in knowledge.
  • Pupils are not consistently guided on respect for differences.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 38%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 4%

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 103
Maths 101

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 -1
Writing -0.8
Maths 0.6

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 6 0
Third Preference 5 1
From another Local Authority 0 0

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