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Stratford School Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,477Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 136978URN

Upton Lane, Forest Gate, London, E7 9PR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.4per place
0.5 above Newham median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Newham

1,033 applications for 300 places · 7th of 19 in Newham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
51.0of 90
10th of 20 in Newham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 16 June 2026Published 9 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 16 June 2026
    Report card · 6 Strong standard
  2. 13 October 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.4applications per place, Year 7
0.5 above Newham median (3.0) 1.2 above England median (2.2)

1,033 applications · 300 places offered · 186 named it first

  1. 2026 3.4; Newham median median 3.0
  2. 2025 3.6; Newham median median 2.9
  3. 2024 3.7; Newham median median 3.0
  4. 2023 3.5; Newham median median 2.9
  5. 2022 3.1; Newham median median 2.8
  6. 2021 2.9; Newham median median 2.9
  7. 2020 3.0; Newham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 3.1; Newham median median 2.9
  9. 2018 3.4; Newham median median 3.1
  10. 2017 3.3; Newham median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.6; Newham median median 3.2
  12. 2015 3.7; Newham median median 3.0
  13. 2014 5.3; Newham median median 3.2
More applications per place than the Newham median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Newham median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20263001,0333.41860.62
Sep 20253111,1083.62110.68
Sep 20243161,1663.71950.62
Sep 20233191,1243.51950.61
Sep 20223189973.11670.53
Sep 20213279582.91510.46
Sep 20203219623.01340.42
Sep 20193331,0363.11600.48
Sep 20183331,1153.42110.63
Sep 20173291,0883.31840.56
Sep 20163291,1753.62260.69
Sep 20152709873.71570.58
Sep 20141759345.31520.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

287 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)51.010th of 20 in Newham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths57%8th of 20 in Newham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths74%
  • This school
  • Newham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.58
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)28751.057%74%–
2024/2528753.963%78%–
2023/2428854.063%80%+0.58
2022/2329451.958%80%+0.39

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136978 · 316/5400
Trust
Stratford School Academy
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,500 pupils · 1,477 on roll
Free school meals
53.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Stratford School (URN 102788)
Address
Upton Lane, Forest Gate, London, E7 9PR
Local authority
Newham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources