The Department of Education confirms that 85% of pupils at George Mitchell are making expected levels of progress in English which is the 11th percentile nationally.

[1] In 1968, Waltham Forest adopted the Comprehensive system and it became a "Junior High School", catering for 11- to 14-year-old boys.

He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross during the Second World War whilst serving as a member of the British Army during the fighting in Italy.

[2][3] The Victoria Cross was presented to Mitchell's family By King George VI in an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on 17 July 1945.

The plaque commemorating George Mitchell VC and various architectural carvings from façade the 1903 school have been preserved in the new building.