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Forest Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 41 41.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
41.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
33.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
7.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.11 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 42.2[5] 37.1%[5]
2023/24 44.3[3] 42.9%[3] +0.11[3]
2022/23 40.7[6] 32%[6] -0.33[6]
2021/22 46.5[7] 49%[7] -0.05[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2016/17[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
16.7% 2016/17[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2015/16 D[10] 0%[10]
2014/15 D[11]
2013/14 D+[12]
2012/13 D[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
38% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
4% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
43% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[15] 54%[15] 3%[15] 29%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 92%[16] 48%[16] 4%[16] 40%[16] 0%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 50%[17] 3%[17] 35%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 93%[18] 70%[18] 2%[18] 19%[18] 2%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
81% 2014/15[19]
UK higher education
53% 2014/15[19]
Education
71% 2014/15[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2014/15[19]
Employment
10% 2014/15[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2013/14 92%[20] 64%[20] 78%[20] 14%[20]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
12 Jan 2023[21]
Type
S5 Inspection[21]
Report published
2 Mar 2023[21]
Personal development
Good[21]
Quality of education
Good[21]
Overall effectiveness
Good[21]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[21]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[21]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[21]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Dec 2017[22] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[22] No overall grade[22]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Applications (any preference)
190 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences
74 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Places offered
134 Entry Sept 2026[23]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[23]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 214[23] 83[23] 109[23] 2.0[23] 0.8[23]
Entry Sept 2024 225[23] 59[23] 172[23] 1.3[23] 0.3[23]
Entry Sept 2023 171[23] 68[23] 174[23] 1.0[23] 0.4[23]
Entry Sept 2022 171[23] 60[23] 176[23] 1.0[23] 0.3[23]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
940[1]
Trust
BEACON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
http://www.theforestacademy.co.uk[1]
District
Redbridge[24]
Postcode
IG6 3TN[1]
URN
137692[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
823 2024/25[25]
English as an additional language
58.8% 2024/25[25]
SEN support
13.6% 2024/25[25]
EHC plan
4.4% 2024/25[25]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
31.1% 2024/25[25]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
38.9%[26]
Mixed
10.8%[26]
Asian
37%[26]
Black
12.8%[26]
Any other ethnic group
0.5%[26]
Unclassified
0%[26]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2015/16, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2012/13, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  22. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2017/18. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  23. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  24. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  25. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  26. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.