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Forest Academy

Ilford, IG6 3TN · Redbridge · secondary school

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Ofsted: Good · 2023 Inspected 3 years ago Mixed Secondary
4.5/10 Broadly average

17th of 19 secondary schools in Redbridge we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 5.7/10 against 749 of them, against 4.2/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 52 35% 1.81
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 37.1 · 32 30% 0.97
Progress 8 2023/24 0.11 · 58 25% 1.44
Attainment 8 2024/25 42.2 · 31 10% 0.31

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. Forest Academy is rated Good by Ofsted, last inspected in 2023. In 2024/25, 37.1% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 42.2, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.11 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did better than those nationally who started from the same place. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (5.7 out of 10 against similar schools, 4.2 out of 10 against all schools).

Getting in. The school has 823 pupils in a capacity of 940, leaving 117 spare places. The school has a little room, but is fairly full.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the gap between the current Attainment 8 score and the national median? What specific extracurricular activities are available to students? How does the school maintain its Good rating following the 2023 inspection?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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