East London Arts & Music[1]

Secondary · 16 plus · ages 16–19

Headline results

A-level average grade: AL C+ C+ 2024/25[2]

Results

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C+ 2024/25[2]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2024/25[2]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C+[4]	0%[4]
2022/23	B-[5]	0%[5]
2021/22	A-[6]	0%[6]
2018/19	B-[7]	0%[7]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 70% 2022/23[8]
UK higher education: 39% 2022/23[8]
Education: 47% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 23% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	76%[9]	41%[9]	45%[9]	0%[9]	31%[9]
2020/21	81%[10]	52%[10]	54%[10]	0%[10]	26%[10]
2019/20	65%[11]	46%[11]	50%[11]	1%[11]	14%[11]
2018/19	66%[12]	34%[12]	44%[12]	2%[12]	20%[12]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 52% 2021/22[13]
Top third of most selective universities: 5% 2021/22[13]
Russell Group universities: 5% 2019/20[14]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	61%[15]	6%[15]
2019/20	60%[14]	5%[14]	5%[14]	0%[14]
2018/19	52%[16]	2%[16]	1%[16]	0%[16]
2017/18	43%[17]	2%[17]	2%[17]	0%[17]

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

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools 16 to 19[1]
Ages: 16–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 300[1]
Trust: DAY ONE TRUST[1]
Local authority: Tower Hamlets[1]
Website: http://elam.co.uk/[1]
District: Tower Hamlets [18]
Postcode: E3 3TA[1]
URN: 141095[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 275 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language: 13.5% 2024/25[19]
SEN support: 9.8% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan: 4.4% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 0% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 43.8%[20]
Mixed: 21.6%[20]
Asian: 5.5%[20]
Black: 23.6%[20]
Any other ethnic group: 5.1%[20]
Unclassified: 0.3%[20]

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

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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.