Forest Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 12 2023 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
Redbridge
Unique reference
137692
Address
Harbourer Road, Hainault, IG6 3TN

Pupils

Number of Pupils
825 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
58.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.2%
Persistent absence
14.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 25.1%
White British 15.5%
Pakistani 11.3%
Mixed 9.2%
African 9.2%
Indian 9.1%
Bangladeshi 7.6%
Other Asian 6.4%
Caribbean 2.7%
Other Black 1.7%
Other 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.4%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.33
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.5
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 78%
Local authority average 51%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 32%
Local authority average 64%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.7
Local authority average 54.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.73
Local authority average 4.92
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award45
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE25
BengaliGCSE2
BiologyGCSE31
Business Studies:SingleGCSE54
ChemistryGCSE30
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE42
English LanguageGCSE154
English LiteratureGCSE154
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Forest Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
172
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
59
2nd preference
49
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
38
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
59
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
7
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 classes24.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
159
90
69
Year 8
159
82
77
Year 9
171
85
86
Year 10
175
91
84
Year 11
161
90
71
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
94.5%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
16.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
48.0%
73.2%
37.9%
Sixth form college
4.0%
3.7%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
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
5.0%
2.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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