Foundation special school

Little Heath School

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formRedbridge, London · Romford RM6 5RXSchool website
Pupils on roll
264of 260 places
Free school meals
49.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
24
Ofsted
School remains Good, 28 February 2024Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 29 pupils who finished Year 11 at Little Heath School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Little Heath School’s own sixth form (Redbridge average 70%), 7% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Redbridge and England.

Little Heath School
Redbridge
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureLittle Heath SchoolRedbridgeEngland
Pupils in the cohort293,949607,348
Any sustained destination100%95%92%
Stayed in education100%94%86%
— school sixth form0%70%34%
— sixth form college0%4%13%
— further education college7%19%37%
— other education93%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%
Employment0%3%
No sustained destination0%3%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureLittle Heath SchoolRedbridgeEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)0.353.946.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths0%60%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths0%77%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects0%58%41%
EBacc average point score0.004.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort46%24%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils0.345.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils0.356.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language54%54%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Art and Design729%7%0%24%0%

Other secondary schools in Redbridge

Beal High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 2,615 pupils

96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0

Caterham High School

Community school · sixth form · 953 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3

Chadwell Heath Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,229 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7

Forest Academy

Academy sponsor led · 749 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.