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Burnside Secondary PRU

Alternative provisionAges 11–16Pupil referral unit

Waltham Forest, E4 8YJ · Waltham Forest local authority

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

How full
19 pupils
34% of its 56 places
Free school meals
79%
79 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Burnside Secondary PRU

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 19 pupils for 56 places
  • 79% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, June 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (E4 8) sold for a median £505,000; Waltham Forest’s is £530,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

23 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
78.3%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
39.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
43.5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 17%Boys 83%
Its letter

No letter for Burnside Secondary PRU

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

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, June 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Burnside Secondary PRU

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

Home prices in E4 8, the school’s postcode sector

Waltham Forest property prices →
£505,000
median sale, 361 sales in 36 months · Waltham Forest £530,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025E4 8Waltham Forest
E4 8Waltham Forest

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£550K
Semi-detached
£568K
Terraced
£517K
Flat
£272K
E4 8Waltham Forest

Homes in E4 8 sell for a little under 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

28 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−A−BAAA−BB+BA+A−A+AB+D−CBB−B+A+BA−AA+B−CB−Burnside Secondary PRU
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Waltham Forest, E4 8YJ

Burnside Secondary PRU: common questions

What is Burnside Secondary PRU’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (June 2022).

How much do houses cost near Burnside Secondary PRU?

Homes in its postcode sector, E4 8, sold for a median £505,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (361 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.