Lister Community School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted 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
1592 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
56.9%
Girls
43.1%
First language not English
61.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.5%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 27.4%
Pakistani 13.3%
Other White 11.3%
African 11.3%
Indian 10.2%
Mixed 5.1%
White British 4.6%
Other 4.5%
Other Asian 3.7%
Other Black 3.5%
Unclassified 2.1%
Caribbean 1.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.25
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 73%
Local authority average 63%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 50%
Local authority average 54%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.1
Local authority average 51.1
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.48
Local authority average 4.6
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award16
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE38
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE41
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE39
BengaliGCSE3
BiologyGCSE109
Business Studies:SingleGCSE39
ChemistryGCSE109
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Lister Community School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
262
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
156
2nd preference
176
3rd preference
170
From another Local Authority
11
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
156
2nd preference
61
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes25.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
324
179
145
Year 8
323
194
129
Year 9
323
184
139
Year 10
268
157
111
Year 11
354
192
162
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
95.0%
92.7%
86.5%
Further education
17.0%
17.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
29.0%
40.7%
37.9%
Sixth form college
49.0%
34.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.2%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022