Bobby Moore Academy
Free schools · sixth form · 971 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6
Academy sponsor led
Cumberland Community School
- Pupils on roll
- 1,308of 1,500 places
- Free school meals
- 60.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 268
- Ofsted
- Good, 28 September 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Cumberland School (URN 102783, until 31 July 2017).
What the data says
Cumberland Community School has no sixth form. Of the 285 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 28% moved to a sixth form college and 27% to a further education college.
Religious Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 96% of the year group took it, against 31% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.6 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
As an 11–16 school, Cumberland Community School is judged on where pupils go at 16 rather than on A level results.
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 | Cumberland Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 285 | 4,613 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 92% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 30% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 28% | 28% | 13% |
| — further education college | 27% | 23% | 37% |
| — other education | 5% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | — | — | 3% |
| Employment | — | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 6% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 4% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Cumberland Community School | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.6 | 51.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% | 53% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 72% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 77% | 59% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 | 4.64 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 65% | 51% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 51.1 | 48.4 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 55.6 | 54.2 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 54% | 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 Literature | 265 | 99% | 86% | 40% | 21% | 82% |
| Mathematics | 265 | 99% | 88% | 34% | 22% | 78% |
| English Language | 265 | 99% | 89% | 26% | 20% | 72% |
| Religious Studies | 256 | 96% | 31% | 41% | 32% | 80% |
| Combined Science | 211 | 79% | 65% | 12% | 9% | 57% |
| History | 127 | 47% | 41% | 39% | 26% | 70% |
| Spanish | 119 | 44% | 19% | 18% | 27% | 54% |
| Geography | 108 | 40% | 41% | 30% | 25% | 67% |
| French | 92 | 34% | 18% | 34% | 29% | 79% |
| Physics | 54 | 20% | 23% | 65% | 46% | 100% |
| Biology | 54 | 20% | 23% | 70% | 45% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 54 | 20% | 23% | 80% | 47% | 100% |
| Business Studies | 53 | 20% | 18% | 25% | 20% | 62% |
| Computer Science | 51 | 19% | 13% | 35% | 30% | 73% |
| Design and Technology | 45 | 17% | 11% | 11% | 23% | 51% |
| Fine Art | 38 | 14% | 9% | 16% | 28% | 45% |
| Sociology | 38 | 14% | 4% | 50% | 21% | 84% |
| Drama | 17 | 6% | 7% | 24% | 27% | 76% |
| Italian | 14 | 5% | 0% | 79% | 53% | 93% |
| Photography | 12 | 4% | 6% | 8% | 19% | 67% |
| Portuguese | 11 | 4% | 0% | 27% | 50% | 82% |
| Bengali | 7 | 3% | 0% | 86% | 35% | 100% |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 0% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 11 | — | — |
| Childcare Skills | 10 | — | — |
| Hospitality / Catering Studies | 9 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Newham
Brampton Manor Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,987 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.9
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
Harris Science Academy East London
Free schools · sixth form · 513 pupils
90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 56.9
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.