Bobby Moore Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
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Lister Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,470of 1,550 places
- Free school meals
- 59.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 264
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 9 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lister Community School (URN 102778, until 1 December 2021).
What the data says
Lister Community School has no sixth form. Of the 322 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 35% moved to a sixth form college, 25% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 35% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.
Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 68% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 44.1 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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 | Lister Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 322 | 4,613 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 95% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 94% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 33% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 35% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 25% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | — | 3% |
| Employment | — | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lister Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 44.1 | 51.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 39% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 61% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 86% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.00 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 57% | 51% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 42.5 | 48.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.3 | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 61% | 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 | 260 | 98% | 89% | 21% | 20% | 67% |
| Mathematics | 260 | 98% | 88% | 15% | 22% | 64% |
| English Literature | 258 | 98% | 86% | 24% | 21% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 257 | 97% | 31% | 23% | 32% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 210 | 80% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 40% |
| Spanish | 179 | 68% | 19% | 12% | 27% | 42% |
| History | 138 | 52% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 51% |
| Geography | 113 | 43% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 55% |
| Chinese | 52 | 20% | 1% | 15% | 75% | 50% |
| Biology | 51 | 19% | 23% | 41% | 45% | 98% |
| Physics | 50 | 19% | 23% | 38% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 50 | 19% | 23% | 42% | 47% | 100% |
| Sociology | 48 | 18% | 4% | 23% | 21% | 75% |
| Computer Science | 29 | 11% | 13% | 14% | 30% | 69% |
| Business Studies | 27 | 10% | 18% | 30% | 20% | 44% |
| Art and Design | 25 | 9% | 7% | 8% | 24% | 40% |
| 3D Design | 22 | 8% | 2% | 18% | 16% | 82% |
| Textiles | 22 | 8% | 2% | 0% | 27% | 73% |
| Music | 14 | 5% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 79% |
| Drama | 11 | 4% | 7% | 18% | 27% | 36% |
| Dance | 11 | 4% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 55% |
| Italian | 6 | 2% | 0% | 83% | 53% | 100% |
| Bengali | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| Punjabi | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 45 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 18 | — | — |
Where Lister Community School is
Other secondary schools in Newham are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Newham’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Newham
Brampton Manor Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,987 pupils
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.