Barclay Primary School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 3 February 2026 inspection grades Barclay Primary School on 7 areas: 3 exceptional and 4 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Exceptional. "Pupils achieve very well over time."

Early years - Exceptional. "The early years provision gives children an excellent start to their education."

Leadership and governance - Exceptional. "Leaders have sustained purposeful and resilient leadership over time despite many challenging circumstances."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders promote attendance relentlessly and successfully."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have set out a broad, well-designed curriculum that builds pupils' knowledge step by step from the early years to Year 6."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders have established an inclusive culture in which pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), those who are disadvantaged, pupils who speak English as an additional language and those facing other barriers are supported to access learning alongside their peers."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders place pupils' personal development and wellbeing at the heart of the school's work."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "• Leaders should continue to respond swiftly to any emerging dips in pupils' progress, or variability in teaching practice, so that pupils' learning remains consistently secure across all classes and subjects".

In 2025, 91% of Year 6 pupils at Barclay Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 91% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 84% and 84% in Waltham Forest and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 79% in reading and 88% in maths in 2024.

For September 2026 entry, 166 families put Barclay Primary School as their first choice and 457 named it as one of their preferences, for 180 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Barclay Primary School are Gwyn Jones Primary School (0.3 miles, Good, 85% reading, 63% maths); Henry Maynard Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 87% reading, 83% maths); St Mary's CofE Primary School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, 96% reading, 96% maths); and George Tomlinson Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 78% reading, 85% maths).

Barclay Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Barclay Primary School is one of 11 schools run by Lion Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

155 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Barclay Primary School (as of April 2026): 72% would recommend the school, 78% say their child is happy there and 43% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (85%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (43%).

61.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (43%), Black (13%) and White British (12%).

Barclay Primary School had 57 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Leyton Midland Road Station, about 820 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

6 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Peterborough Road Leytonstone (->w), 260 metres away.

In 2024/25, Barclay Primary School issued 26 suspensions, 2.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Barclay Primary School are Leytonstone School (0.3 miles), Norlington School and 6th Form (0.6 miles), Connaught School for Girls (0.7 miles) and George Mitchell School (0.8 miles).