Thomas Gamuel Primary School

Thomas Gamuel Primary School is performing at a strong standard, excelling across various educational domains while maintaining a positive and inclusive environment. The school demonstrates exceptional safeguarding practices, ensuring that pupils feel safe and are supported in their learning. Pupils, including those with special educational needs, achieve well above national averages in key subjects such as reading, writing, and mathematics, reflecting both high-quality teaching and effective leadership. The school's personal development programme fosters curiosity and appreciation for diversity, preparing students for life in a modern society.

Strengths

• Strong focus on foundational skills in reading, writing, and mathematics.
• Effective early years teaching and curriculum design.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils promoting a supportive environment.
• High-quality written work across the curriculum.
• Inclusive practices for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Strong parental engagement and community relationships.
• Pupils demonstrate excellent behaviour and attendance.

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 Thomas Gamuel Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.7% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Thomas Gamuel Primary School 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 Thomas Gamuel Primary School had 21.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.7% 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, 17.5% of pupils at Thomas Gamuel Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.4% 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 Thomas Gamuel Primary School received £8,813 and spent £8,996 for each of its 330 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £332,000 (£1,007 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Lion Academy Trust, income was £7,997 and spending £8,136 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

Thomas Gamuel Primary School is part of Lion Academy Trust, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Sybourn Primary School London
• Barclay Primary School London
• Brook House Primary School London
• Maple Grove Primary School Basildon
• Leigh Beck Junior School Canvey Island
• Limebrook Primary School and Nursery Maldon
• Warwick Academy Wellingborough
• Ruskin Infant School Wellingborough
• Ruskin Academy Wellingborough
• Olympic Primary Wellingborough

What is Thomas Gamuel Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thomas Gamuel Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in March 2026.

When was Thomas Gamuel Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Thomas Gamuel Primary School was last inspected in March 2026.

How many pupils does Thomas Gamuel Primary School have?

Thomas Gamuel Primary School has 338 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thomas Gamuel Primary School cover?

Thomas Gamuel Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Thomas Gamuel Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thomas Gamuel Primary School?

Thomas Gamuel Primary School is at Colchester Road, Walthamstow, London, E17 8LG.