Graded inspection · Apr 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Newham
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry273 applications · 102 places offered · 48 named it first
- 2026 2.7; Newham median median 3.0
- 2025 2.9; Newham median median 2.9
- 2024 3.0; Newham median median 3.0
- 2023 2.9; Newham median median 2.9
- 2022 3.4; Newham median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2021 3.1; Newham median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2020 3.2; Newham median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2019 4.1; Newham median median 2.9; as the previous school
- 2018 3.5; Newham median median 3.1; as the previous school
- 2017 3.7; Newham median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2016 3.8; Newham median median 3.2; as the previous school
- 2015 3.7; Newham median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Newham median median 3.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Newham median
Dashed bars: as East London Science School (URN 139834), 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 102 | 273 | 2.7 | 48 | 0.47 |
| Sep 2025 | 72 | 212 | 2.9 | 29 | 0.40 |
| Sep 2024 | 65 | 196 | 3.0 | 25 | 0.38 |
| Sep 2023 | 69 | 203 | 2.9 | 17 | 0.25 |
| Sep 2022 * | 108 | 372 | 3.4 | 59 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2021 * | 125 | 389 | 3.1 | 55 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2020 * | 122 | 391 | 3.2 | 51 | 0.42 |
| Sep 2019 * | 124 | 505 | 4.1 | 77 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2018 * | 123 | 436 | 3.5 | 68 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2017 * | 121 | 444 | 3.7 | 63 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2016 * | 127 | 480 | 3.8 | 86 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2015 * | 120 | 443 | 3.7 | 91 | 0.76 |
| Sep 2014 * | 102 | 294 | 2.9 | 66 | 0.65 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 77 | 59.3 | 71% | 84% | – |
| 2024/25 | 77 | 56.9 | 61% | 84% | – |
| 2023/24 | 87 | 54.4 | 63% | 76% | +0.17 |
| 2022/23 | 104 | 49.8 | 57% | 67% | −0.45 |
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
- Harris Science Academy East LondonThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20252.7applications per place 59.3Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · Tower HamletsRemains Good20232.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 8
- 1.1 km · Newham20263.8applications per place 41.2Attainment 8
- 1.3 km · NewhamGraded · no overall grade20253.0applications per place 46.3Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · Tower Hamlets20261.8applications per place 46.6Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · NewhamGraded · no overall grade202512.2applications per place 47.3Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Tower Hamlets20262.1applications per place 53.0Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Tower HamletsGood20225.0applications per place 52.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Tower HamletsGraded · no overall grade202528.6Attainment 8
- 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 149431 · 316/4017
- Trust
- Harris Federation
- Capacity
- 1,000 pupils · 513 on roll
- Free school meals
- 47.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2022
- Replaced
- East London Science School (URN 139834)
- Address
- Three Mill Lane, London, E3 3DU
- Local authority
- Newham
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources