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Atam Academy[1]

Secondary · All-through · ages 3–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 52.7 2025/26[2]
KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 81% 81% 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
60.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.52 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 57.2[6] 67.5%[6]
2023/24 52.7[4] 59.4%[4] +0.52[4]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
81% 2024/25[3]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
19% 2024/25[3]
Reading, average scaled score
107 2024/25[3]
Maths, average scaled score
109 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 80%[7] 22%[7] 108[7] 109[7]
2022/23 63%[8] 7%[8] 103[8] 106[8]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
11 Jun 2024[9]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[9]
Report published
1 Jul 2024[9]
Personal development
Good[9]
Quality of education
Good[9]
Overall effectiveness
Good[9]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[9]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[9]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[9]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[9]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
4 May 2022[10] S5 Inspection[10] Requires improvement[10]
25 May 2021[11] S8 No Formal Designation Visit[11] No overall grade[11]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.0 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Applications (any preference)
140 Entry Sept 2026[12]
First preferences
28 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Places offered
46 Entry Sept 2026[12]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 118[12] 18[12] 49[12] 2.4[12] 0.4[12]
Entry Sept 2024 141[12] 41[12] 57[12] 2.5[12] 0.7[12]
Entry Sept 2023 156[12] 59[12] 75[12] 2.1[12] 0.8[12]
Entry Sept 2022 252[12] 77[12] 88[12] 2.9[12] 0.9[12]

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
2.0 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Applications (any preference)
92 Entry Sept 2026[12]
First preferences
42 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Places offered
46 Entry Sept 2026[12]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[12]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 95[12] 56[12] 60[12] 1.6[12] 0.9[12]
Entry Sept 2024 103[12] 57[12] 58[12] 1.8[12] 1.0[12]
Entry Sept 2023 103[12] 46[12] 52[12] 2.0[12] 0.9[12]
Entry Sept 2022 143[12] 80[12] 60[12] 2.4[12] 1.3[12]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
3–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Sikh[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1250[1]
Trust
ONE MULTI ACADEMIES TRUST LIMITED[1]
Local authority
Redbridge[1]
Website
https://atamacademy.com/[1]
District
Redbridge[13]
Postcode
RM6 4XX[1]
URN
142896[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1094 2024/25[14]
English as an additional language
51.3% 2024/25[14]
SEN support
6.6% 2024/25[14]
EHC plan
2.1% 2024/25[14]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.9% 2024/25[14]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
1.1%[15]
Mixed
5.1%[15]
Asian
90.1%[15]
Black
1.5%[15]
Any other ethnic group
1.6%[15]
Unclassified
0.6%[15]

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: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. 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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2020/21. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.