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Rokeby School

Boys · ages 11–16 · no sixth formNewham, London · London E16 4DDTrust: Newham Community LearningSchool website
Pupils on roll
473of 900 places
Free school meals
60.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
162
Ofsted
Inspected, 1 April 2025Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rokeby School (URN 102777, until 1 December 2021).

What the data says

Rokeby School has no sixth form. Of the 162 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 36% moved to a sixth form college, 27% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 36% of leavers went to one, roughly twice the England rate of 13%.

Statistics is unusually popular at GCSE: 54% of the year group took it, against 5% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.8 against 46.1 across England and 51.2 in Newham, with 54% 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.

Rokeby School
Newham
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureRokeby SchoolNewhamEngland
Pupils in the cohort1624,613607,348
Any sustained destination89%93%92%
Stayed in education88%92%86%
— school sixth form25%39%34%
— sixth form college36%28%13%
— further education college27%23%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination6%4%6%
Destination unknown5%3%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureRokeby SchoolNewhamEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)50.851.246.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths54%53%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths72%72%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects41%59%41%
EBacc average point score4.534.644.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort51%51%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils49.748.434.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils51.954.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language86%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
Mathematics163100%88%34%22%75%
English Language163100%89%18%20%69%
English Literature162100%86%20%21%76%
Combined Science13281%65%13%9%55%
Religious Studies12879%31%36%32%81%
Spanish11169%19%21%27%59%
Statistics8854%5%41%20%100%
Computer Science8754%13%41%30%72%
Physical Education5534%11%11%24%60%
French5131%18%16%29%41%
Sociology4830%4%17%21%58%
History4327%41%33%26%77%
Design and Technology4025%11%3%23%25%
Chemistry3019%23%87%47%100%
Physics3019%23%87%46%100%
Biology3019%23%87%45%100%
Geography2717%41%41%25%89%
Art and Design2415%7%4%24%17%
3D Design2113%2%0%16%0%
Food Preparation and Nutrition117%8%9%21%55%
Music117%5%0%33%36%
Bengali117%0%55%35%64%
Drama106%7%0%27%70%
Italian85%0%88%53%88%
Urdu64%1%0%42%33%
Arabic32%1%47%
Portuguese21%0%50%
Photography11%6%19%
Russian11%0%87%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies55

Other secondary schools in Newham

Bobby Moore Academy

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87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.6

Brampton Manor Academy

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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.