Chapel End Junior Academy

Chapel End Junior Academy continues to demonstrate strong performance as a good school, providing a welcoming and supportive environment where pupils are happy and engaged in their learning. The school excels in fostering a culture of aspiration and shared success, particularly for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), who are well supported by trained staff. The curriculum is broad and opportunities for personal development are plentiful, with pupils encouraged to engage in various leadership roles and cultural experiences. While the overall performance is commendable, there are areas for improvement particularly within the assessment of learning in a few foundation subjects. Ensuring that misconceptions are addressed before advancing to new topics will help strengthen pupils' understanding and readiness. The school's proactive approach to attendance and community support is noteworthy, especially as they work to overcome challenges posed by the pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, safe, and enjoy learning.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Proactive culture of aspiration and community support.
• Wide range of leadership opportunities for pupils.
• Broad and balanced curriculum with a strong emphasis on reading.
• Significant improvement in pupil attendance.
• Strong personal development opportunities, including cultural experiences.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent assessment and checking of learning in some foundation subjects.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Chapel End Junior Academy attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 16.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Chapel End Junior Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Chapel End Junior Academy had 17.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 13.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 26.2% of pupils at Chapel End Junior Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Chapel End Junior Academy received £9,416 and spent £8,923 for each of its 248 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £57,000 (£228 per pupil).

Across all 65 schools of Reach2 Academy Trust, income was £7,346 and spending £7,105 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Waltham Forest · Waltham Forest local authority: places and applications

Chapel End Junior Academy is part of Reach2 Academy Trust, which runs 65 schools. The nearest others:

• The Woodside Primary Academy London
• Chigwell Primary Academy Chigwell
• Dorothy Barley Junior Academy Dagenham
• Summerside Primary Academy London
• Tidemill Academy London
• Concordia Academy Romford
• Langtons Junior Academy Hornchurch
• Brampton Primary Academy Bexleyheath
• Water Lane Primary Academy Harlow
• Pemberley Academy Harlow

What is Chapel End Junior Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Chapel End Junior Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Chapel End Junior Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Chapel End Junior Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Chapel End Junior Academy have?

Chapel End Junior Academy has 229 pupils on roll.

What age range does Chapel End Junior Academy cover?

Chapel End Junior Academy for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Chapel End Junior Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Chapel End Junior Academy?

Chapel End Junior Academy is at Roberts Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 4LS.