Education
Forest School is the notable independent school in the area, educating pupils from pre-prep through to sixth form. Both pre-prep and sixth form are co-educational, while prep and secondary education are taught in single sex groups. Forest School is in Snaresbrook on the edges of Epping Forest.
State Education
State Education in the London Borough of Waltham Forest has many factors to contend with. Half of all pupils are from ethnic minorities, with many of these not speaking English as their first language. A third of all pupils qualify for free school meals which is significantly above the national average. Numbers of pupils with special educational needs are average.
In the borough as a whole there are 4 nursery schools, 65 primary schools, 16 secondary schools including 4 single sex schools and 3 sixth forms, and one primary age pupil referral unit.
Their OFSTED reports can be read online here, and the general report for Waltham Forest LEA can be read here.
In Leyton a new secondary, Leyton School has been built and accepted its first pupils in September 2001.
Leyton Sixth Form College has its own website here.
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