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Stratford School Academy

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formNewham, London · London E7 9PRTrust: Stratford School AcademySchool website
Pupils on roll
1,477of 1,500 places
Free school meals
53.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
287
Ofsted
School remains Good, 13 October 2022Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Stratford School (URN 102788, until 1 August 2011).

What the data says

Stratford School Academy has no sixth form. Of the 294 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 37% moved to a sixth form college and 16% 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%.

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 53.9 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 63% 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.

Stratford School Academy
Newham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureStratford School AcademyNewhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort2944,613607,348
Any sustained destination91%93%92%
Stayed in education90%92%86%
— school sixth form37%39%34%
— sixth form college37%28%13%
— further education college16%23%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination6%4%6%
Destination unknown2%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureStratford School AcademyNewhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)53.951.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths63%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects46%59%41%
EBacc average point score4.674.644.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort51%51%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils50.148.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils58.054.250.4
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
Mathematics286100%88%36%22%79%
Religious Studies28599%31%42%32%77%
English Literature28599%86%34%21%85%
English Language28599%89%27%20%81%
Combined Science22077%65%20%9%64%
Geography18063%41%19%25%60%
French12243%18%8%29%49%
History11640%41%36%26%72%
Design and Technology9433%11%27%23%69%
Chemistry6422%23%56%47%97%
Biology6422%23%56%45%100%
Physics6422%23%61%46%98%
Statistics6422%5%80%20%100%
Art and Design5017%7%6%24%50%
Drama4817%7%8%27%60%
Computer Science4014%13%38%30%95%
Music155%5%7%33%87%
Spanish41%19%27%
Italian41%0%53%
Gujarati31%0%57%
Bengali31%0%35%
Arabic31%1%47%
Polish21%1%84%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Russian21%0%87%
Punjabi10%0%48%
Urdu10%1%42%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Computer Appreciation / Introduction61
Sports Studies40
Hospitality / Catering Studies31

Other secondary schools in Newham

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87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6

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Harris Academy Chobham

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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.