Wanstead High School

State-Funded School

wanstead-high-school-redbridge-london

LondonRegion

RedbridgeLocal Authority

Leyton and WansteadConstituency

E11 2JZPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Wanstead High School is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Redbridge, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 1,434 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 54.1
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 61.1%
EBacc average point score: 4.77

Ethnicity

White

52%

Asian

25%

Black

Mixed

13%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

1,434

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

22%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Least deprived
Total pupils: 1,434
IDACI quintile: 1 (Most deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 14 May 2025. 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
19 Nov 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

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.