Lister Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
School rating
No rating
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
148902
Address
St Mary's Road, Plaistow, E13 9AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1497 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
56.4%
Girls
43.6%
First language not English
65.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
52.9%
Persistent absence
24.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.4%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 26.9%
Pakistani 13.5%
African 11.9%
Other White 10.4%
Indian 10%
Mixed 7.7%
Other 4%
White British 3.9%
Other Asian 3.7%
Other Black 3.1%
Caribbean 2.5%
Unclassified 1.9%
Chinese 0.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 86%
Local authority average 59%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.1
Local authority average 51.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.99
Local authority average 4.63
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE22
Art & DesignGCSE25
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE22
BengaliGCSE3
BiologyGCSE51
Business Studies:SingleGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE50
ChineseGCSE52
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE29
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lister Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
247
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
132
2nd preference
166
3rd preference
131
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
132
2nd preference
58
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes24.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
267
132
135
Year 8
325
179
146
Year 9
318
194
124
Year 10
324
184
140
Year 11
263
155
108
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
91.0%
85.5%
Further education
25.0%
22.9%
36.9%
School sixth form
33.0%
39.1%
35.2%
Sixth form college
35.0%
28.6%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
SP
0.8%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.4%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.4%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
3.4%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023