Primary school

George Tomlinson Primary School

  • Community School
  • ages 3–11
  • Mixed
  • Waltham Forest
  • E11 4QN

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 5,128 of 15,057 primaries in England · top 35%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 88%88%2016/17: top 65%2017/18: top 80%2018/19: top 56%2022/23: top 57%2023/24: top 55%2024/25: top 35%No exams

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Expected standard, RWM70% · London 72%5/10 Middle+15.4 pts
Higher standard, RWM10% · London 12%4/10 Below+10.5 pts
Reading score108 · London 1076/10 Middle+6.8 pts
Maths score108 · London 1077/10 Above+27.9 pts
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No exams 2019/20–21Not published 2021/22

Expected standard, RWM
2015/16: 33% · 83 pupils · London 61%2016/17: 57% · 69 pupils · London 69%2017/18: 53% · 66 pupils · London 72%2018/19: 65% · 54 pupils · London 73%2022/23: 59% · 56 pupils · London 68%2023/24: 61% · 36 pupils · London 70%2024/25: 70% · 40 pupils · London 72%70%33%No exams
Higher standard, RWM
2015/16: 0% · 83 pupils · London 7%2016/17: 7% · 69 pupils · London 10%2017/18: 8% · 66 pupils · London 12%2018/19: 9% · 54 pupils · London 13%2022/23: 4% · 56 pupils · London 11%2023/24: 0% · 36 pupils · London 11%2024/25: 10% · 40 pupils · London 12%10%0%No exams
Reading score
2015/16: 101 · 83 pupils · London 1032016/17: 102 · 69 pupils · London 1052017/18: 103 · 66 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 54 pupils · London 1062022/23: 105 · 56 pupils · London 1062023/24: 108 · 36 pupils · London 1072024/25: 108 · 40 pupils · London 107108101No exams
Maths score
2015/16: 101 · 83 pupils · London 1042016/17: 102 · 69 pupils · London 1062017/18: 103 · 66 pupils · London 1062018/19: 106 · 54 pupils · London 1072022/23: 105 · 56 pupils · London 1062023/24: 106 · 36 pupils · London 1062024/25: 108 · 40 pupils · London 107108101No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in98.6%
71 of 72 who put it first2014 · 92.0%2026 · 98.6%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st7271
2nd1004
3rd441

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2007–2023

  1. 2007Satisfactory
  2. 2011Satisfactory
  3. 2012Good
  4. 2018Good
  5. 2023Remains Good

5 strong areas

  • Outcomes for pupils
  • Early years provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management
  • Personal development, behaviour and welfare
  • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · 3 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Jun 2023

Strengths

  • “Pupils really enjoy coming to this happy, welcoming and inclusive school.”
  • “Staff have high expectations for everyone to do well.”
  • “Pupils work hard and show positive attitudes to their learning.”

To improve

  • “In a few subjects, leaders’ curriculum thinking lacks precision.”
  • “In some units of work, leaders have not identified the most important subject content that needs to be taught.”
  • “This affects how well some aspects of the curriculum are sequenced.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026554
Free school meals (past 6 years)15.1%
First language not English31.5%
SEN support35.6%
EHC plan4.8%
Absence (sessions missed)4.8%
Persistently absent pupils12.1%

Girls 45.6%Boys 54.4%

94.7% full · 585 places

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher21.9
Pupils per adult13.4
  • Classroom teachers 21.4
  • Leadership 3
  • Teaching assistants 11.4
  • Other support 14.2

Teachers 24.4 FTE · Whole workforce 50 · 64 people

Financials · 2025/26

Income per pupil£7,923
Spend per pupil£7,805
Staff spend per pupil£5,636
Reserve per pupil−£873
  • −£467,072revenue reserve
  • +£63,013in-year balance

Grants £6,985 · self-generated £947 · premises £502 per pupil