Selwyn Primary School
About the school
Selwyn Primary School is an open primary school in Waltham Forest.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 May 2022
- Published
- 12 July 2022
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Outstanding
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Outstanding
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 87%
- Waltham Forest
- 74%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 34%
- Waltham Forest
- 17%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 91%
- Waltham Forest
- 83%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 92%
- Waltham Forest
- 81%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 91%
- Waltham Forest
- 83%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 92%
- Waltham Forest
- 83%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 39%
- Waltham Forest
- 41%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 93%
- Waltham Forest
- 87%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 110
- Waltham Forest
- 108
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Waltham Forest
- 107
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Waltham Forest
- 108
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
708
Girls
50.71%
Boys
49.29%
SEN support
9.46%
Education, health and care plan
3.11%
English as an additional language
24.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
15.05%
Overall absence
4.98
Persistent absence
10.2