Connaught School for Girls
Dyers Hall Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4AE
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Trust
- CONNAUGHT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
- Headteacher
- Mr Alex Silk
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Leyton and Wanstead
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 632
- Pupils on roll
- 550
- URN
- 139293
- Local authority
- Waltham Forest
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02085393029
About this school
Connaught School for Girls is a girls' secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 550 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 125 | 118 | 120 |
| Attainment 8 score | 48.2 | 50.3 | 50.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.13 -0.14 to +0.40 | -0.18 -0.44 to +0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% | 44.9% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 69.5% | 69.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 90% | 92.4% | 96.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Connaught School for Girls 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 | 48.2 | 40.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 50.3 | 39.8 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 50.6 | 39.8 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.2% | 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 | 619 |
| 2023/24 | 619 |
| 2024/25 | 603 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Connaught School for Girls compares
Connaught School for Girls ranked 3rd of 17 secondary schools in Waltham Forest for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 77% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 50.6 | 7.5% | 46.1% | 550 | — |
| Norlington School and 6th Form | 48.6 | 7.4% | 31.6% | 895 | 0.3 miles |
| Leytonstone School | 49 | 5.3% | 26.5% | 1,028 | 0.7 miles |
| Lammas School | 36.3 | 8.8% | 43.4% | 462 | 1.3 miles |
| Forest Gate Community School | 58.1 | 5% | 44.9% | 1,343 | 1.4 miles |
| Wanstead High School | 54.1 | 8.2% | 18.1% | 1,434 | 1.5 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 46.1%
- English as an additional language
- 28.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.5%
- Persistent absence
- 26.69%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Norlington School and 6th Form0.3 miles
Secondary · London
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Leytonstone School0.7 miles
Secondary · London
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Lammas School1.3 miles
Secondary · London
-
Forest Gate Community School1.4 miles
Secondary · London
-
Wanstead High School1.5 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Connaught School for Girls ranks 122nd of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Connaught School for Girls teach?
- Connaught School for Girls teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Connaught School for Girls?
- The headteacher of Connaught School for Girls is Mr Alex Silk, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Connaught School for Girls last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Connaught School for Girls, 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 Connaught School for Girls?
- Connaught School for Girls has 550 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Connaught School for Girls full?
- Connaught School for Girls has capacity for 632 pupils and 550 on roll (87%), 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 Connaught School for Girls a faith school?
- No. Connaught School for Girls has no designated religious character.
- Is Connaught School for Girls a selective school?
- No. Connaught School for Girls is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Connaught School for Girls?
- Connaught School for Girls is part of CONNAUGHT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Connaught School for Girls's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 48.2 in 2022/23 and 50.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Connaught School for Girls rank locally?
- Connaught School for Girls ranked 3rd of 17 secondary schools in Waltham Forest for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 77% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 20% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Connaught School for Girls's absence rate?
- Connaught School for Girls's overall absence rate is 7.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Connaught School for Girls's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Connaught School for Girls'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.