The Ursuline Academy Ilford

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 13 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Roman Catholic
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Redbridge
Unique reference
137418
Address
Morland Road, IG1 4JU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
761 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
57.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.9%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 29.4%
Indian 13.8%
Bangladeshi 12.2%
African 12%
Other Asian 11%
Mixed 5.8%
Other White 3%
Caribbean 2.9%
Unclassified 2.6%
White British 2.4%
Other 2.4%
Other Black 1.2%
Chinese 0.8%
Irish 0.5%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.71
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.5
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 28%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 66%
Local authority average 64%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.4
Local authority average 54.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.01
Local authority average 4.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
BiologyGCSE26
ChemistryGCSE26
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE34
English LanguageGCSE125
English LiteratureGCSE125
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE17
FrenchGCSE15
GeographyGCSE59
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Ursuline Academy Ilford

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
122
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
88
2nd preference
76
3rd preference
63
From another Local Authority
56
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
76
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
13
To another Local Authority
13
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 classes23.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
122
0
122
Year 8
123
0
123
Year 9
122
0
122
Year 10
124
0
124
Year 11
122
0
122
Year 12
75
0
75
Year 13
73
0
73
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
98.0%
94.5%
86.5%
Further education
10.0%
16.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
80.0%
73.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
2.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
85.0%
86.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
20.0%
32.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
18.0%
29.5%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.0%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.9%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020