Forest Gate Community School
About the school
Forest Gate Community School is an open secondary school in Newham.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 9 December 2021
- Published
- 31 January 2022
- Inspection type
- Ungraded inspection
- Latest outcome
- School remains Outstanding
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 58.1
- Newham
- 51.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Newham
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 67.80%
- Newham
- 53.40%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 82.20%
- Newham
- 71.50%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 79.20%
- Newham
- 59.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 5.39
- Newham
- 4.64
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1344
Girls
42.56%
Boys
57.44%
SEN support
5.73%
Education, health and care plan
2.98%
English as an additional language
56.90%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
44.87%
Overall absence
5.02
Persistent absence
10.51
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
232
Sustained education or employment
94%
Education
94%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%
Not sustained
4%