Stratford School Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 12 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Newham
Unique reference
136978
Address
Upton Lane, Forest Gate, E7 9PR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1480 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
65.1%
Girls
34.9%
First language not English
78.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
47.8%
Persistent absence
13.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 31%
Indian 17.6%
Pakistani 16.2%
Other White 10%
African 7.9%
Other 4%
Mixed 3.9%
Other Asian 2.7%
Other Black 2.7%
Caribbean 1.4%
Unclassified 1.1%
White British 1%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 46%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 63%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 53.9
Local authority average 51.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.67
Local authority average 4.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award61
Sports StudiesTechnical Award40
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE50
BengaliGCSE3
BiologyGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE64
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE40
Design & TechnologyGCSE94
English LanguageGCSE285
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Stratford School Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
311
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
211
2nd preference
285
3rd preference
239
From another Local Authority
36
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
199
2nd preference
77
3rd preference
27
To another Local Authority
15
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 classes25
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
301
174
127
Year 8
302
195
107
Year 9
295
186
109
Year 10
295
204
91
Year 11
287
205
82
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
91.0%
85.5%
Further education
16.0%
22.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
37.0%
39.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
37.0%
28.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
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