Ark Isaac Newton Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,777 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.7
Academy sponsor led
Forest Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 749of 940 places
- Free school meals
- 34.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 151
- Ofsted
- Good, 12 January 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hainault Forest High School (URN 102859, until 1 January 2012).
What the data says
Forest Academy has no sixth form. Of the 154 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 4% moved to a sixth form college, 43% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 49% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.2 against 46.1 across England and 53.9 in Redbridge, with 37% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: 1% took an apprenticeship and 2% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Forest Academy | Redbridge | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 154 | 3,949 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 88% | 95% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 85% | 94% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 38% | 70% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 4% | 4% | 13% |
| — further education college | 43% | 19% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | — | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | — | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 8% | 3% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Forest Academy | Redbridge | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 42.2 | 53.9 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 60% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 77% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 86% | 58% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 | 4.95 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 33% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 37.0 | 45.7 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 44.7 | 56.6 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 51% | 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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Literature | 151 | 100% | 86% | 11% | 21% | 60% |
| English Language | 151 | 100% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 64% |
| Mathematics | 151 | 100% | 88% | 17% | 22% | 66% |
| Combined Science | 151 | 100% | 65% | 13% | 9% | 55% |
| History | 94 | 62% | 41% | 18% | 26% | 46% |
| Spanish | 74 | 49% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 39% |
| Geography | 56 | 37% | 41% | 5% | 25% | 46% |
| French | 53 | 35% | 18% | 8% | 29% | 38% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 19% | 13% | 3% | 30% | 38% |
| Economics | 28 | 19% | 1% | 4% | 34% | 39% |
| Media Studies | 27 | 18% | 4% | 11% | 20% | 52% |
| Photography | 27 | 18% | 6% | 15% | 19% | 85% |
| Sociology | 27 | 18% | 4% | 7% | 21% | 52% |
| Business Studies | 26 | 17% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 54% |
| Fine Art | 25 | 17% | 9% | 4% | 28% | 68% |
| Physical Education | 25 | 17% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 24% |
| Drama | 19 | 13% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 74% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 15 | 10% | 8% | 13% | 21% | 100% |
| Music | 8 | 5% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 88% |
| Urdu | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Russian | 5 | 3% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Portuguese | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 4 | 3% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Bengali | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 20 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 20 | — | — |
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | 17 | — | — |
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
Ilford County High School
Community school · sixth form · 1,115 pupils
98% stayed in education · Attainment 8 75.7
King Solomon High School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 636 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.8
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.