Little Ilford School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 23 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Newham
Unique reference
102776
Address
Rectory Road, Manor Park, E12 6JB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1700 (92% of total capacity)
Boys
60.9%
Girls
39.1%
First language not English
78.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.4%
Persistent absence
21.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 37.6%
Pakistani 15.5%
Indian 15%
African 8.6%
Other White 7.6%
Other Asian 4%
Other 3.8%
Mixed 3.3%
Other Black 2%
White British 1.4%
Caribbean 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 79%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 51%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 47.5
Local authority average 51.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.49
Local authority average 4.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award8
TourismTechnical Award12
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE39
BengaliGCSE2
BiologyGCSE50
Business Studies:SingleGCSE95
ChemistryGCSE50
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Little Ilford School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
334
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
310
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
116
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
294
2nd preference
26
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
348
202
146
Year 8
353
218
135
Year 9
351
234
117
Year 10
353
214
139
Year 11
295
167
128
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
91.0%
85.5%
Further education
24.0%
22.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
32.0%
39.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
31.0%
28.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023