Bobby Moore Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
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Plashet, City of London Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 1,469of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 57.3%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 290
- Ofsted
- Good, 9 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Plashet School (URN 102782, until 1 January 2026).
What the data says
Plashet, City of London Academy has no sixth form. Of the 297 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 37% moved to a sixth form college and 9% to a further education college.
Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 37% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.
GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 56.4 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 60% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils 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 | This school | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 297 | 4,613 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 96% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 47% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 37% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 9% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | — | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | — | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 3% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 56.4 | 51.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 60% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 89% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.45 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 48% | 51% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 56.0 | 48.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 56.8 | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 65% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 284 | 98% | 88% | 30% | 22% | 87% |
| English Literature | 284 | 98% | 86% | 35% | 21% | 89% |
| English Language | 284 | 98% | 89% | 32% | 20% | 84% |
| Religious Studies | 277 | 96% | 31% | 43% | 32% | 87% |
| Geography | 202 | 70% | 41% | 28% | 25% | 78% |
| Combined Science | 183 | 63% | 65% | 14% | 9% | 70% |
| French | 119 | 41% | 18% | 50% | 29% | 91% |
| Physics | 102 | 35% | 23% | 52% | 46% | 98% |
| Biology | 102 | 35% | 23% | 51% | 45% | 99% |
| Chemistry | 102 | 35% | 23% | 59% | 47% | 99% |
| Spanish | 79 | 27% | 19% | 41% | 27% | 81% |
| Urdu | 69 | 24% | 1% | 39% | 42% | 91% |
| Business Studies | 69 | 24% | 18% | 36% | 20% | 77% |
| History | 64 | 22% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 80% |
| Sociology | 51 | 18% | 4% | 27% | 21% | 86% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 27 | 9% | 8% | 26% | 21% | 89% |
| Drama | 27 | 9% | 7% | 22% | 27% | 59% |
| Art and Design | 22 | 8% | 7% | 55% | 24% | 95% |
| Physical Education | 18 | 6% | 11% | 11% | 24% | 72% |
| Textiles | 14 | 5% | 2% | 71% | 27% | 100% |
| Computer Science | 11 | 4% | 13% | 45% | 30% | 91% |
| Music | 8 | 3% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 75% |
| Italian | 7 | 2% | 0% | 100% | 53% | 100% |
| Design and Technology | 6 | 2% | 11% | 83% | 23% | 100% |
| Bengali | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 35% | — |
| Fine Art | 2 | 1% | 9% | — | 28% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Gujarati | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 57% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 23 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 12 | — | — |
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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.