Plashet School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 9 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
102782
Address
Plashet Grove, East Ham, E6 1DG

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1488 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
74.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
46.2%
Persistent absence
18.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 36.8%
Pakistani 26.3%
Indian 19.2%
Other Asian 5.8%
Other White 2.9%
Mixed 2.6%
African 2.6%
Other 1.9%
White British 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 89%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.3
Local authority average 51.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 5.43
Local authority average 4.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE14
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE22
BengaliGCSE2
BiologyGCSE102
Business Studies:SingleGCSE69
ChemistryGCSE102
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE11
Design & TechnologyGCSE6
English LanguageGCSE284
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Plashet School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
289
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
206
2nd preference
197
3rd preference
113
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
206
2nd preference
54
3rd preference
14
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes29.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
295
0
295
Year 8
297
0
297
Year 9
297
0
297
Year 10
299
0
299
Year 11
300
0
300
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
91.0%
85.5%
Further education
9.0%
22.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
47.0%
39.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
37.0%
28.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023