Barclay Primary School

State-Funded School

barclay-primary-school-waltham-forest-london

LondonRegion

Waltham ForestLocal Authority

Leyton and WansteadConstituency

E10 6EJPostcode

9.7

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Barclay Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Waltham Forest, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 1,273 pupils. Barclay Primary School is part of LION ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Feb 2026 · published 19 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Exceptional
Leadership and governance
Exceptional

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 75%
Higher standard: 18%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

26%

Asian

42%

Black

13%

Mixed

10%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,273

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

62%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 1,273
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: LION ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 7 October 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
26 Apr 2016	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.