Kelmscott School is a secondary comprehensive school in Walthamstow, East

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, England. The school has approximately 900 pupils aged 11–16. In 2008 the school underwent an £11.2m refurbishment as part of the

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program. The current headteacher is Mr Sam Jones. Kelmscott is a co-educational community school for pupils aged 11 to 16. All aspects of the school including ‘pupil achievement’, ‘behaviour’ and ‘quality of teaching’ were deemed to be very good at their last Ofsted inspection. The school's most recent Ofsted Inspection in January 2020 describes Kelmscott "continues to be a Good school" category.

Notable former pupils

The professional footballer

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is a former student of Kelmscott School, along with fellow alumnus Marvin McCoy who plays for League 1 side

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References

Ofsted Report For Kelmscott School
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