Lammas School, London

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades Lammas School on 6 areas: 4 expected standard and 2 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise attendance and use information about absence well."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders have created a welcoming culture."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders have an accurate and honest understanding of the school's strengths and areas for improvement."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear focus on promoting pupils' personal development and wellbeing."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Pupils do not achieve as well as they could."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "The quality of the curriculum and teaching is uneven across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should secure consistent implementation of the school's agreed approach to teaching across all subjects and phases in order to secure the necessary improvements in pupils' achievement. This includes embedding the agreed inclusion strategies for pupils with additional barriers, as well as time for pupils to practise and apply learning with increasing independence"; "Leaders should improve and develop the school's work to ensure that pupils who are still developing foundational skills, especially in English and writing, consistently receive appropriate and effective support, and in turn achieve well".

In 2026, pupils at Lammas School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 41, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.7 in Waltham Forest and 47 across England.

36% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 48% in Waltham Forest and 47% in England.

That is up from 36.3 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.77: pupils made well below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 34.8, against 46 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.2 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, Social Studies and Business Studies.

For September 2026 entry, 20 families put Lammas School as their first choice and 114 named it as one of their preferences, for 41 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lammas School are George Mitchell School (0.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.2); Kelmscott School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 37.5); Norlington School and 6th Form (1 mile, Good, Attainment 8 54.1); and Connaught School for Girls (1.3 miles, Good, Attainment 8 50.4).

Lammas School's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Lammas School is one of 13 schools run by The Griffin Schools Trust, an academy trust.

10 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Lammas School (as of April 2026): 100% would recommend the school, 90% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that pupils behave well (80%).

Of the 141 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 90% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 28% to a further education college and 2% into work.

Of the 40 students who left the sixth form in 2022/23, 43% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 8% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

42.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 60.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (23%), Black (19%) and Mixed (12%).

The nearest railway station is Lea Bridge Station, about 730 metres away (roughly a 9-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Capworth Street, 290 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Lammas School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Lammas School issued 70 suspensions, 12.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Lammas School are St Joseph's Catholic Infant School (0.1 miles), Willow Brook Primary School Academy (0.2 miles), Riverley Primary School (0.3 miles) and Sybourn Primary School (0.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.