Forest Gate Community School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Newham
Forest Lane, London, E7 9BB
82
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding
No graded inspection
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.0%
10.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,343
Capacity used
Nearly full99%
1,350 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
234 of 319 families who put it first got an offer
263
Places offered
1364
Total applications
5.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 319 | 234 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 347 | 23 | ● 7% |
| 3rd preference | 310 | 4 | ● 1% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 388 | 2 | ● 1% |
| Total | 1364 | 263 | 19% |
1st preference success by year
Newham lets families list 6 preferences. 129 applications came from outside the council area (9 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Stacey Lord
- Address
- Forest Lane, London, E7 9BB
- Phone
- 02085348666
- Local authority
- Newham
- Ward / constituency
- Forest Gate North · Stratford and Bow
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 143274
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 50% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 58% | — | — |
| SEN support | 6% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TRUST
1,343 pupils · 1,350 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 21
09 December 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Outstanding
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,399 pupils
Attendance
95.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
5.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
10.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.7%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 57.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.05 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 71% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 85% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 5.22 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 58.1 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 67.8% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 82.2% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 79.2% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.39 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 264 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 263 | 35% | 72% | 84% | |
| English Literature | 263 | 54% | 82% | 89% | |
| Mathematics | 262 | 40% | 71% | 86% | |
| Religious Studies | 258 | 49% | 78% | 85% | |
| Combined Science | 207 | 22% | 57% | 72% | |
| History | 181 | 39% | 58% | 69% | |
| Spanish | 111 | 35% | 58% | 80% | |
| French | 97 | 38% | 63% | 75% | |
| Geography | 74 | 24% | 58% | 66% | |
| Computer Science | 59 | 42% | 73% | 81% | |
| Biology | 54 | 80% | 96% | 100% | |
| Physics | 54 | 76% | 100% | 100% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Newham council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.