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Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre

PrimaryAges 2–7Community

Waltham Forest, E17 4LN · Waltham Forest local authority

Waltham Forest’s School Grade A better than 90% of towns in England

Getting in
57/57
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
249 pupils
92% of its 270 places
Free school meals
24%
24 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (57 of 57)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (E17 4) sold for a median £555,000; Waltham Forest’s is £530,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

57
families put it first for September 2026
58
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Waltham Forest council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Waltham Forest council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Waltham Forest, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.50 per place
67% got their first choice
1.45 per place
69% got their first choice
1.25 per place
77% got their first choice
1.22 per place
82% got their first choice
1.20 per place
76% got their first choice
1.18 per place
83% got their first choice
1.14 per place
85% got their first choice
1.12 per place
87% got their first choice
1.11 per place
89% got their first choice
Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre
0.98 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

294 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
17.4%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
48%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
29.3%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 48%Boys 52%
Its letter

No letter for Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre

An infant school: pupils move on at 7, before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, September 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in E17 4, the school’s postcode sector

Waltham Forest property prices →
£555,000
median sale, 582 sales in 36 months · Waltham Forest £530,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025E17 4Waltham Forest
E17 4Waltham Forest

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£608K
Terraced
£680K
Flat
£327K
E17 4Waltham Forest

Homes in E17 4 sell for a little over Waltham Forest’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

35 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA+A−BA−BAAA−B+A+DA−CB+C+ABA+A−A+A+AB+D−CBB−B+A+A−AA+A+CB−Chapel End Infant School an…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Waltham Forest, E17 4LN

Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre: common questions

How hard is it to get into Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre?

For September 2026, 57 families put Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre first and all of them were offered a place; 58 places were offered in all.

What is Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2022).

How much do houses cost near Chapel End Infant School and Early Years Centre?

Homes in its postcode sector, E17 4, sold for a median £555,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (582 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Waltham Forest’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.