Henry Maynard Primary School

About Henry Maynard Primary School

Henry Maynard Primary School sits within Waltham Forest, a London borough with 52 primary schools where 15 hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 41st in the local authority, placing it in the middle of the pack when compared with its peers. The top three performers in the borough are Riverley Primary School, Yardley Primary School, and St Mary's CofE Primary School — the last of which is also the nearest Outstanding-rated school, just 0.2 kilometres away. Henry Maynard is a large state primary, educating 756 pupils aged 3 to 11, and is led by headteacher Roxanna Kabra. It has no religious character and is non-selective, with a nursery provision on site. The school is oversubscribed: for 2025/26 entry, it received 337 applications for 120 places, with 96 offers going to first-preference families out of 97 who listed it as their top choice.

Academically, Henry Maynard performs around the local average at Key Stage 2. In the 2023/24 assessments, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the Waltham Forest average of 74%. The school’s strongest individual subject was reading, where 83% met expectations and 33% achieved the higher standard — a notably strong showing. In maths, 80% reached the expected level and 19% hit the higher threshold, while writing saw 68% at expected and just 6% at the higher level. Average scaled scores were 107 in reading and 104 in maths. Nationally, the school ranks 6,043rd out of 13,686 primaries on the combined expected standard metric, placing it in the 44th percentile. In its most recent Ofsted inspection in September 2023, the school retained its Good rating across all categories, including behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management — the same overall grade it received in its previous inspection in 2014.

The school offers a solid range of facilities, including a sports hall, music rooms, an ICT suite, a sensory room, and playing fields. Sports provision covers tennis, netball, football, swimming, athletics, rounders and dance, while after-school clubs include Eco Club, Art Club and Coding. For children with additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 12.8% of pupils eligible for free school meals — below the national average — the school draws from a relatively mixed catchment. Henry Maynard is a good fit for families in Waltham Forest seeking a large, well-established primary with a broad curriculum and strong reading outcomes, though those prioritising the highest KS2 results may want to look at the borough’s top-ranked schools nearby.

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