Cumberland Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 28 2022 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
145113
Address
Oban Close, E13 8SJ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1346 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
53.0%
Girls
47.0%
First language not English
53.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.9%
Persistent absence
12.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.9%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 24.8%
Mixed 16.9%
African 15.9%
Other White 12%
Other 6.3%
Pakistani 6.1%
White British 6%
Indian 3.9%
Caribbean 3.4%
Other Asian 2.3%
Other Black 1.4%
Unclassified 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 51.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.88
Local authority average 4.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award10
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award11
Sports StudiesTechnical Award25
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BengaliGCSE7
BiologyGCSE54
Business Studies:SingleGCSE53
ChemistryGCSE54
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE51
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Cumberland Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
78
2nd preference
225
3rd preference
183
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
78
2nd preference
78
3rd preference
21
To another Local Authority
6
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 classes23.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
237
136
101
Year 8
267
138
129
Year 9
283
145
138
Year 10
269
144
125
Year 11
290
151
139
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
91.0%
85.5%
Further education
26.0%
22.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
30.0%
39.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
28.0%
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
7.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
6.0%
3.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023