Joshua Mangas
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Big Creative Academy

  • 16 to 19
  • Free schools 16 to 19
  • Ages 16 to 19

URN 141030 · Waltham Forest · BIG CREATIVE ACADEMY

In Waltham Forest

Pupils

Against Waltham Forest and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2021/22

Not publishedNot published: suppressed to protect individuals, usually because numbers are small

Waltham Forest
25.3%
England
20.9%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2021/22.

SEN support

2021/22

Not publishedNot published: suppressed to protect individuals, usually because numbers are small

Waltham Forest
12.0%
England
11.9%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2021/22.

Education, health and care plan

2021/22

Not publishedNot published: suppressed to protect individuals, usually because numbers are small

Waltham Forest
2.9%
England
2.2%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2021/22.

First language other than English

2021/22

0.0%

Waltham Forest
41.7%
England
17.5%

17.5 percentage points lower than England.

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2021/22.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
0
Capacity
500
Type
Free schools 16 to 19
Phase
16 plus
Age range
16 to 19
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
BIG CREATIVE ACADEMY
Opened
1 September 2014
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Walthamstow
Special educational needs provision
SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; HI - Hearing Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PD - Physical Disability; MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
Resourced provision
Resourced provision and SEN unit
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 5 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: 38, Clifton Avenue, Walthamstow, London, E17 6HL

Website: www.bigcreative.education/

Telephone: 02084983300

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Sources and corrections

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Big Creative Academy, URN 141030. https://joshuamangas.com/intel/school/141030/. Data release 20 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.