Bobby Moore Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
Community school
Kingsford Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,437of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 59.1%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 301
- Ofsted
- Good, 18 October 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Kingsford Community School has no sixth form. Of the 288 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 27% moved to a sixth form college, 34% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 23% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.1 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 46% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 1% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Kingsford Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 288 | 4,613 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 93% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 91% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 26% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 27% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 34% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | — | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 5% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 2% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Kingsford Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.1 | 51.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 31% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.30 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 52% | 51% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 48.9 | 48.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 51.5 | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 77% | 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 | 299 | 99% | 89% | 16% | 20% | 76% |
| Mathematics | 299 | 99% | 88% | 21% | 22% | 74% |
| Religious Studies | 298 | 99% | 31% | 21% | 32% | 71% |
| English Literature | 298 | 99% | 86% | 19% | 21% | 76% |
| Combined Science | 224 | 74% | 65% | 5% | 9% | 65% |
| Geography | 82 | 27% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 59% |
| Physics | 75 | 25% | 23% | 40% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 75 | 25% | 23% | 47% | 47% | 97% |
| Biology | 75 | 25% | 23% | 37% | 45% | 99% |
| History | 71 | 24% | 41% | 37% | 26% | 82% |
| Sociology | 69 | 23% | 4% | 30% | 21% | 77% |
| Chinese | 62 | 21% | 1% | 84% | 75% | 100% |
| Spanish | 58 | 19% | 19% | 40% | 27% | 79% |
| Computer Science | 57 | 19% | 13% | 37% | 30% | 84% |
| Business Studies | 55 | 18% | 18% | 35% | 20% | 85% |
| Physical Education | 49 | 16% | 11% | 0% | 24% | 53% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 43 | 14% | 8% | 21% | 21% | 65% |
| Media Studies | 41 | 14% | 4% | 15% | 20% | 80% |
| French | 39 | 13% | 18% | 31% | 29% | 82% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 12% | 11% | 19% | 23% | 59% |
| Drama | 32 | 11% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 44% |
| Fine Art | 26 | 9% | 9% | 23% | 28% | 62% |
| Dance | 13 | 4% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| Music | 11 | 4% | 5% | 36% | 33% | 100% |
| Italian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 3 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 3 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Turkish | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Punjabi | 1 | 0% | 0% | — | 48% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 46 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 31 | — | — |
| Small Business Management | 19 | — | — |
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.