Academy sponsor led

Eastlea Community School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formNewham, London · London E16 4NPTrust: Newham Community LearningSchool website
Pupils on roll
593of 1,200 places
Free school meals
61.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
137
Ofsted
Inspected, 13 May 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Eastlea Community School (URN 102784, until 31 October 2020).

What the data says

Eastlea Community School has no sixth form. Of the 213 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 28% moved to a sixth form college, 33% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 20% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 41.6 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 27% 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 Newham and England.

Eastlea Community School
Newham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureEastlea Community SchoolNewhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort2134,613607,348
Any sustained destination92%93%92%
Stayed in education90%92%86%
— school sixth form27%39%34%
— sixth form college28%28%13%
— further education college33%23%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%
Employment2%1%3%
No sustained destination6%4%6%
Destination unknown1%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureEastlea Community SchoolNewhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)41.651.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths48%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects38%59%41%
EBacc average point score3.644.644.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort57%51%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils39.948.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils43.954.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language69%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.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature137100%86%19%21%53%
Mathematics137100%88%15%22%53%
English Language137100%89%16%20%48%
Religious Studies13699%31%21%32%56%
Combined Science11382%65%4%9%36%
Spanish5137%19%29%27%65%
Computer Science4231%13%45%30%83%
Geography4130%41%27%25%61%
French4130%18%20%29%66%
History3626%41%17%26%61%
Fine Art3022%9%0%28%100%
Design and Technology3022%11%3%23%27%
Statistics2820%5%61%20%100%
Biology2216%23%64%45%91%
Physics2015%23%85%46%100%
Chemistry2015%23%75%47%100%
Music1813%5%11%33%50%
Physical Education1712%11%0%24%47%
Sociology1511%4%13%21%93%
Citizenship Studies129%3%75%19%100%
Drama97%7%0%27%67%
Textiles86%2%13%27%100%
Portuguese64%0%33%50%67%
Photography64%6%0%19%33%
Italian54%0%53%
Russian32%0%87%
Urdu32%1%42%
Bengali21%0%35%
Persian11%0%77%
Chinese11%1%75%
Arabic11%1%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Personal Health23
Childcare Skills21
Tourism20
Hospitality / Catering Studies5

Other secondary schools in Newham

Bobby Moore Academy

Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6

Brampton Manor Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 2,987 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.9

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.