South Chingford Foundation School

Stadium Close, Chingford, Waltham Forest, E4 8SG

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About this school

South Chingford Foundation School is an Academy sponsor led serving secondary age pupils, located in Waltham Forest. The school has 617 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 15 September 2021). Last inspected 20 January 2026. The Executive Prinicpal is Emma Hobbs. The school is administered by Waltham Forest local authority. It belongs to CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST. It opened in 1 October 2012.

School details

Executive Prinicpal

Emma Hobbs

Trust

CHINGFORD ACADEMIES TRUST

Local authority

Waltham Forest

Gender

Mixed

URN

138859

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at South Chingford Foundation School are handled by the school or the local authority (Waltham Forest). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

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