Emmanuel Community School
The Drive, Walthamstow, London, E17 3BN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Christian
- Trust
- THE EMMANUEL SCHOOL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mr Olatayo Fagbemiro
- Religious ethos
- None
- Constituency
- Walthamstow
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 82
- URN
- 138258
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085200775
About this school
Emmanuel Community School is a Christian primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 82 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 22 | 20 | 26 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 36% | 35% | 38% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 14% | 0% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 59% | 70% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 64% | 80% | 58% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 65% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 104.0 | 101.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Emmanuel Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Waltham Forest average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 36% | 65.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 35% | 70.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 38% | 70.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 181 |
| 2023/24 | 159 |
| 2024/25 | 135 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Emmanuel Community School compares
Emmanuel Community School ranked 51st of 51 primary schools in Waltham Forest for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38% | 7.5% | 36.3% | 82 | — |
| Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School | 60% | 5.3% | 40.8% | 297 | 0.3 miles |
| Greenleaf Primary School | 71% | 4.5% | 18.6% | 464 | 0.5 miles |
| The Woodside Primary Academy | 69% | 6.2% | 33.7% | 1,188 | 0.5 miles |
| Henry Maynard Primary School | 77% | 4.5% | 14.3% | 745 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | 96% | 3.8% | 12.6% | 592 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.3%
- English as an additional language
- 44.4%
- Overall absence
- 7.46%
- Persistent absence
- 29.37%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Our Lady and St George's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Greenleaf Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
The Woodside Primary Academy0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Henry Maynard Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
St Mary's CofE Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Emmanuel Community School ranks 941st of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
- Abacus Belsize Primary School Primary
- Acton Gardens Primary School Primary
- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
- Addison Primary School Primary
- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
- Akiva School Primary
- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
- Alexander McLeod Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Emmanuel Community School teach?
- Emmanuel Community School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Emmanuel Community School?
- The headteacher of Emmanuel Community School is Mr Olatayo Fagbemiro, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Emmanuel Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Emmanuel Community School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Emmanuel Community School?
- Emmanuel Community School has 82 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Emmanuel Community School full?
- Emmanuel Community School has capacity for 210 pupils and 82 on roll (39%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Emmanuel Community School a faith school?
- Yes. Emmanuel Community School is designated Christian.
- Does Emmanuel Community School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Emmanuel Community School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Emmanuel Community School?
- Emmanuel Community School is part of THE EMMANUEL SCHOOL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Emmanuel Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 36% in 2022/23 and 38% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Emmanuel Community School rank locally?
- Emmanuel Community School ranked 51st of 51 primary schools in Waltham Forest for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 10% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 21% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Emmanuel Community School's absence rate?
- Emmanuel Community School's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Emmanuel Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Emmanuel Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.