Henry Maynard Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Overall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Henry Maynard Primary School excels at creating a safe, welcoming environment where children from diverse backgrounds learn together and respect each other's cultures. Teachers have high expectations for all pupils and provide engaging lessons that help them make good progress, with above-average results in English and mathematics by Year 6. The school provides a wide range of sporting and cultural activities alongside strong academic learning.
Key Strengths
- Pupils behave well, are eager to learn, and take pride in their work
- Strong promotion of spiritual, moral, social and cultural development with pupils from different backgrounds getting on very well together
- Exceptional safeguarding with pupils feeling completely safe and knowing how to keep themselves safe
- Good progress for all groups including disabled pupils, those with special educational needs, and pupils who speak English as an additional language
- Broad range of sporting and cultural activities provided
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers do not always adapt activities quickly enough when pupils progress faster or slower than expected
- Teaching assistants are not always used effectively to support learning in the classroom
- Pupils do not always respond to teachers' written feedback by correcting mistakes or editing their work
- Pace of learning occasionally slows when teachers have not checked pupils' progress thoroughly enough
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is outstanding - pupils feel completely safe in school, know how to keep themselves safe, and the school looks after them exceptionally well.
Extracurricular Activities
Sporting activities, cultural activities, breakfast club, after-school child care
Henry Maynard Primary School is a good school that has successfully merged two separate schools and improved teaching quality. Pupils make good progress and reach above-average standards in English and mathematics by the end of Year 6.
At a Glance
13.8%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 83% to 87%. Maths has remained stable at around 83%. Writing has improved from 68% to 83%.
Class Sizes
25.9
Avg class size
26.4
Infant (KS1)
25.5
KS2
24
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
89%
Available places
745 pupils
840 capacity
95 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Waltham Forest
Places available
3,688
Applications
3,129
Got 1st preference
90.2%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Waltham Forest (2025/26)
Inspection History(105)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.48024%
Overall absence
9.9844%
Persistent absence
641
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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