Bobby Moore Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
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Forest Gate Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,343of 1,350 places
- Free school meals
- 50.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 264
- Ofsted
- School remains Outstanding, 9 December 2021Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Forest Gate Community School (URN 102775, until 1 September 2016).
What the data says
Forest Gate Community School has no sixth form. Of the 232 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 31% moved to a sixth form college, 17% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 58.1 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 68% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 98% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 31% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
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 Newham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Forest Gate Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 232 | 4,613 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 94% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 42% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 31% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 17% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 3% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | — | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 4% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Forest Gate Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 58.1 | 51.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 68% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 82% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 79% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.39 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 46% | 51% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 53.0 | 48.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 62.3 | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 64% | 65% | 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 | 263 | 100% | 86% | 54% | 21% | 89% |
| English Language | 263 | 100% | 89% | 35% | 20% | 84% |
| Mathematics | 262 | 99% | 88% | 40% | 22% | 86% |
| Religious Studies | 258 | 98% | 31% | 49% | 32% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 207 | 78% | 65% | 22% | 9% | 72% |
| History | 181 | 69% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 69% |
| Spanish | 111 | 42% | 19% | 35% | 27% | 80% |
| French | 97 | 37% | 18% | 38% | 29% | 75% |
| Geography | 74 | 28% | 41% | 24% | 25% | 66% |
| Computer Science | 59 | 22% | 13% | 42% | 30% | 81% |
| Chemistry | 54 | 20% | 23% | 81% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 54 | 20% | 23% | 80% | 45% | 100% |
| Physics | 54 | 20% | 23% | 76% | 46% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 53 | 20% | 18% | 34% | 20% | 79% |
| Sociology | 43 | 16% | 4% | 33% | 21% | 72% |
| Fine Art | 22 | 8% | 9% | 27% | 28% | 82% |
| Drama | 17 | 6% | 7% | 6% | 27% | 88% |
| Design and Technology | 15 | 6% | 11% | 40% | 23% | 93% |
| Media Studies | 10 | 4% | 4% | 40% | 20% | 90% |
| Italian | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Music | 1 | 0% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 17 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 15 | — | — |
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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.