Community special school

New Rush Hall School

Mixed · ages 5–16Redbridge, London · Ilford IG6 2LBSchool website
Pupils on roll
94of 80 places
Free school meals
72.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
19
Ofsted
Report card, 25 November 2025Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Strong standardAchievement Strong standardAttendance and behaviour Strong standardPersonal development and wellbeing ExceptionalInclusion ExceptionalLeadership and governance Strong standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met
What the data says

Of the 9 pupils who finished Year 11 at New Rush Hall School in 2023, 11% moved to a sixth form college, 67% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

11% 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.

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in Spanish add up to 5% of the year group, and 5% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

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 Redbridge and England.

New Rush Hall School
Redbridge
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureNew Rush Hall SchoolRedbridgeEngland
Pupils in the cohort93,949607,348
Any sustained destination89%95%92%
Stayed in education89%94%86%
— school sixth form11%70%34%
— sixth form college11%4%13%
— further education college67%19%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%
Employment0%3%
No sustained destination11%3%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureNew Rush Hall SchoolRedbridgeEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)13.753.946.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths11%60%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths16%77%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects5%58%41%
EBacc average point score1.184.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort95%24%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils45.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils56.650.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language11%54%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
Mathematics1684%88%6%22%19%
English Language1684%89%0%20%25%
Combined Science1263%65%0%9%25%
Fine Art632%9%0%28%0%
Business Studies526%18%20%
English Literature421%86%21%
History421%41%26%
Food Preparation and Nutrition316%8%21%
Spanish15%19%27%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction1

Other secondary schools in Redbridge

Beal High School

Academy converter · sixth form · 2,615 pupils

96% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.0

Caterham High School

Community school · sixth form · 953 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 44.3

Chadwell Heath Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,229 pupils

94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 53.7

Forest Academy

Academy sponsor led · 749 pupils

85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.2

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.