Leytonstone School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 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
1029 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
59.4%
Girls
40.6%
First language not English
24.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
25.6%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 29.4%
Other White 18.5%
Mixed 16.8%
Pakistani 9.1%
Caribbean 4.6%
Other Asian 4.1%
African 3.4%
Bangladeshi 3.1%
Other Black 3%
Indian 2.3%
Other 1.8%
Chinese 1.7%
Unclassified 1.7%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 14%
Local authority average 43%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49
Local authority average 45.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.95
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE60
BiologyGCSE124
ChemistryGCSE124
ChineseGCSE6
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
Design & TechnologyGCSE69
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Leytonstone School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
202
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
195
2nd preference
195
3rd preference
126
From another Local Authority
52
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
174
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes27.8
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
205
120
85
Year 8
210
134
76
Year 9
199
115
84
Year 10
207
127
80
Year 11
208
115
93
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
91.5%
85.5%
Further education
36.0%
26.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
20.0%
35.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
37.0%
28.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023