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Forest Gate Community School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,343Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 143274URN

Forest Lane, London, E7 9BB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jul 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.1per place
2.1 above Newham median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Newham

1,322 applications for 260 places · 3rd of 19 in Newham
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
59.0of 90
3rd of 20 in Newham
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 7 July 2026Published 13 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExceptional
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourExceptional
Personal development and wellbeingExceptional
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExceptional
  • 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. 7 July 2026
    Report card · 5 Exceptional, 1 Strong standard
  2. 9 December 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding

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
5.1applications per place, Year 7
2.1 above Newham median (3.0) 2.9 above England median (2.2)

1,322 applications · 260 places offered · 313 named it first

  1. 2026 5.1; Newham median median 3.0
  2. 2025 5.2; Newham median median 2.9
  3. 2024 5.2; Newham median median 3.0
  4. 2023 5.7; Newham median median 2.9
  5. 2022 5.7; Newham median median 2.8
  6. 2021 5.7; Newham median median 2.9
  7. 2020 5.6; Newham median median 2.8
  8. 2019 4.8; Newham median median 2.9
  9. 2018 5.0; Newham median median 3.1
  10. 2017 4.1; Newham median median 3.0
  11. 2016 3.4; Newham median median 3.2; as the previous school
  12. 2015 3.2; Newham median median 3.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.4; Newham median median 3.2; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Newham median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Newham median

Dashed bars: as Forest Gate Community School (URN 102775), the previous school.

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 20262601,3225.13131.20
Sep 20252631,3645.23191.21
Sep 20242581,3455.23261.26
Sep 20232661,5255.74161.56
Sep 20222671,5185.74361.63
Sep 20212731,5455.74051.48
Sep 20202651,4745.64151.57
Sep 20192681,2744.83331.24
Sep 20182401,2075.03221.34
Sep 20172399824.12310.97
Sep 2016 *2458383.41440.59
Sep 2015 *2337353.21320.57
Sep 2014 *2066953.41160.56

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

260 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)59.03rd of 20 in Newham
Grade 5 or above in English and maths71%2nd of 20 in Newham
Grade 4 or above in English and maths86%
  • This school
  • Newham median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.05
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)26059.071%86%–
2024/2526458.168%82%–
2023/2426457.371%85%+1.05
2022/2323258.672%82%+1.08

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
143274 · 316/4008
Trust
Community Schools Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,350 pupils · 1,343 on roll
Free school meals
50.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 October 2016
Replaced
Forest Gate Community School (URN 102775)
Address
Forest Lane, London, E7 9BB
Local authority
Newham

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