Ofsted inspection · 29/11/2023
Overview of Downsell Primary School · Primary · Waltham Forest
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17
Subject breakdown
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
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2024/25
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History
All years · Historical DfE data by academic year
Primary — Key Stage 2
Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.
| Year | RWM expected | RWM higher | Reading exp. | Reading hi. | Writing exp. | Writing hi. | Maths exp. | Maths hi. | Science | SPAG exp. | Read. score | Maths score | GPS score | Reading prog. | Writing prog. | Maths prog. | SEN | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 66% | 15% | 71% | 39% | 83% | 32% | 76% | 25% | 83% | 66% | 106.0 | 106.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 46% | 438 |
| 2023/24 | 61% | 2% | 65% | 7% | 85% | 22% | 69% | 17% | 93% | 63% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 | — | — | — | 40% | 423 |
| 2022/23 | 65% | 13% | 69% | 30% | 91% | 17% | 74% | 20% | 81% | 59% | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 | +0.20 | +3.60 | +0.20 | 28% | 429 |
| 2018/19 | 63% | 8% | 70% | 20% | 83% | 15% | 82% | 27% | 89% | 83% | 103.0 | 105.0 | 107.0 | -2.80 | -0.90 | -1.50 | 23% | 588 |
| 2017/18 | 47% | 6% | 65% | 19% | 81% | 10% | 56% | 11% | 84% | 73% | 103.0 | 102.0 | 104.0 | -0.60 | +1.20 | -1.30 | 28% | 590 |
| 2016/17 | 57% | 3% | 59% | 10% | 80% | 19% | 81% | 12% | 87% | 80% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 | -0.40 | +2.30 | +1.20 | 24% | 596 |
DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 438 | 24.4 | 46% | 79% | 35% | 7% | 19% |
| 2023/24 | 423 | 20.1 | 40% | 80% | 36% | 6% | 20% |
| 2022/23 | 429 | 20.3 | 28% | 79% | 37% | 7% | 24% |
| 2021/22 | 468 | 21.8 | 31% | 82% | 35% | 6% | 17% |
| 2020/21 | 513 | 16.1 | 26% | 82% | 28% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 588 | 22.4 | 23% | 82% | 36% | 4% | 7% |
| 2017/18 | 590 | 22.8 | 28% | 83% | 35% | 4% | 8% |
| 2016/17 | 596 | 21.9 | 24% | 78% | 36% | 5% | 12% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.