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Forest Gate Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 59 59.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
59 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
70.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
38.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.05 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 58.1[5] 67.8%[5]
2023/24 57.3[3] 71.2%[3] +1.05[3]
2022/23 58.6[6] 72%[6] +1.08[6]
2021/22 59.6[7] 72%[7] +1.11[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
42% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
31% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
17% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[8]
Employment
0% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[9] 38%[9] 29%[9] 18%[9] 1%[9]
2020/21 93%[10] 39%[10] 34%[10] 16%[10] 2%[10]
2019/20 96%[11] 35%[11] 43%[11] 16%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 97%[12] 37%[12] 35%[12] 23%[12]

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
8 Dec 2021[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
31 Jan 2022[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Outstanding[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
26 Feb 2020[14] Exempt School Inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.1 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
1322 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
313 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
260 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1364[15] 319[15] 263[15] 5.2[15] 1.2[15]
Entry Sept 2024 1345[15] 326[15] 258[15] 5.2[15] 1.3[15]
Entry Sept 2023 1525[15] 416[15] 266[15] 5.7[15] 1.6[15]
Entry Sept 2022 1518[15] 436[15] 267[15] 5.7[15] 1.6[15]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1350[1]
Trust
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Newham[1]
Website
http://www.forestgatecst.org/[1]
District
Newham[16]
Postcode
E7 9BB[1]
URN
143274[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1344 2024/25[17]
English as an additional language
56.9% 2024/25[17]
SEN support
5.7% 2024/25[17]
EHC plan
3% 2024/25[17]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
44.9% 2024/25[17]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
15.8%[18]
Mixed
6.8%[18]
Asian
58.4%[18]
Black
13.8%[18]
Any other ethnic group
4.7%[18]
Unclassified
0.6%[18]

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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. 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.