Leytonstone School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 2021 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
Waltham Forest
Unique reference
103101
Address
Colworth Road, Leytonstone, E11 1JD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1033 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
59.8%
Girls
40.2%
First language not English
28.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.7%
Persistent absence
22.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 28%
Other White 19.4%
Mixed 15.7%
Pakistani 9.8%
Caribbean 4.5%
Other Asian 4.2%
African 3.7%
Bangladeshi 3.3%
Other Black 3.1%
Indian 2.5%
Chinese 2.3%
Unclassified 1.7%
Other 1.6%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.17
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.06
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 7%
Local authority average 38%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.4
Local authority average 45.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.6
Local authority average 3.98
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award53
Health StudiesTechnical Award11
Art & DesignGCSE40
BiologyGCSE195
ChemistryGCSE195
ChineseGCSE4
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE36
Design & TechnologyGCSE87
English LanguageGCSE197
English LiteratureGCSE195
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Leytonstone School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
199
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
219
2nd preference
162
3rd preference
100
From another Local Authority
45
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
170
2nd preference
19
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes25.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
209
133
76
Year 8
205
119
86
Year 9
205
124
81
Year 10
209
115
94
Year 11
205
127
78
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.4%
85.6%
Further education
24.0%
22.6%
35.4%
School sixth form
31.0%
39.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
36.0%
29.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.5%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.0%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023