Forest Gate Community School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Dec 9 2021 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Newham
- Unique reference
- 143274
- Address
- Forest Lane, E7 9BB
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1311 (97% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 59.2%
- Girls
- 40.8%
- First language not English
- 60.3%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 35.3%
- Persistent absence
- 15.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 6.2%
Bangladeshi 31.1%
Pakistani 13%
Other White 11.1%
Indian 10.7%
African 9.5%
White British 5.9%
Mixed 4.9%
Other Asian 3.7%
Other 3.7%
Caribbean 3%
Other Black 2.7%
Unclassified 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 1.08
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.25
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 92%
Local authority average 63%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 72%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 58.6
Local authority average 51.1
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 5.47
Local authority average 4.6
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 27 |
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 29 |
Bengali | GCSE | 1 |
Biology | GCSE | 43 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 41 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 43 |
Chinese | GCSE | 1 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 55 |
Design & Technology | GCSE | 10 |
Admissions
Forest Gate Community School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 266
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 416
- 2nd preference
- 432
- 3rd preference
- 313
- From another Local Authority
- 126
Offers
- 1st preference
- 247
- 2nd preference
- 15
- 3rd preference
- 2
- To another Local Authority
- 4
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.6 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 270 165 105 |
Year 8 | 268 152 116 |
Year 9 | 268 151 117 |
Year 10 | 271 163 108 |
Year 11 | 234 145 89 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 91.0% 92.7% 86.5% |
Further education | 16.0% 17.1% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 39.0% 40.7% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 34.0% 34.1% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 2.0% 1.2% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | SP 0.6% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 6.0% 4.1% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.4% 1.0% |
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