Bobby Moore Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
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Horizon Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 78of 90 places
- Free school meals
- 60.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 8
- Ofsted
- Good, 2 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Eleanor Smith School (URN 102793, until 1 September 2016).
What the data says
Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at Horizon Academy in 2023, 9% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.1 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
18% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 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 Newham and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Horizon Academy | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 11 | 4,613 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 45% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 45% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 9% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 9% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | — | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 18% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 36% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Horizon Academy | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.1 | 51.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.23 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 51% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | — | 48.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | — | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 Language | 7 | 88% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 6 | 75% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 17% |
| Biology | 4 | 50% | 23% | — | 45% | — |
| Statistics | 1 | 13% | 5% | — | 20% | — |
Other secondary schools in Newham
Brampton Manor Academy
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94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.9
Cumberland Community School
Academy sponsor led · 1,308 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.6
Eastlea Community School
Academy sponsor led · 593 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 41.6
Forest Gate Community School
Academy converter · 1,343 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.1
Harris Academy Chobham
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 2,047 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.5
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.