Community school

Little Ilford School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formNewham, London · London E12 6JBSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,781of 1,800 places
Free school meals
56.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
295
Ofsted
Good, 23 November 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Little Ilford School has no sixth form. Of the 291 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 31% moved to a sixth form college, 24% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 31% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 42% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 47.6 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 51% 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.

Little Ilford School
Newham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureLittle Ilford SchoolNewhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort2914,613607,348
Any sustained destination90%93%92%
Stayed in education88%92%86%
— school sixth form32%39%34%
— sixth form college31%28%13%
— further education college24%23%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination6%4%6%
Destination unknown3%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureLittle Ilford SchoolNewhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)47.651.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects79%59%41%
EBacc average point score4.504.644.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort46%51%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils46.148.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils48.854.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language84%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 Language28597%89%21%20%73%
English Literature28496%86%24%21%77%
Mathematics28496%88%26%22%77%
Combined Science23479%65%10%9%61%
History16155%41%22%26%70%
Spanish12342%19%21%27%59%
French11439%18%25%29%74%
Geography10134%41%17%25%64%
Business Studies9532%18%18%20%64%
Physics5017%23%54%46%100%
Chemistry5017%23%64%47%100%
Biology5017%23%64%45%100%
Computer Science5017%13%28%30%62%
Sociology4716%4%21%21%83%
Media Studies4515%4%29%20%78%
Design and Technology4214%11%17%23%57%
Art and Design3913%7%10%24%64%
Religious Studies3713%31%43%32%81%
Drama289%7%21%27%75%
Food Preparation and Nutrition248%8%21%21%54%
Citizenship Studies227%3%32%19%86%
Physical Education217%11%5%24%67%
Italian62%0%83%53%83%
Bengali21%0%35%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Polish10%1%84%
Russian10%0%87%
Arabic10%1%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies27
Computer Appreciation / Introduction13
Hospitality / Catering Studies13
Tourism12
Music performance: Group8
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1

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.