Academy · Newham
Forest Gate Community School
- Secondary
- Ages 11–16
Term dates
Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Newham council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 313 families put this school as their first choice, and 260 places were offered. 234 of the families who put it first got a place (75%). More families put it first than there were places.
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 260 | 313 | 75% |
| September 2025 | 263 | 319 | 73% |
| September 2024 | 258 | 326 | 71% |
Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.
Before and after school
This club is registered with Ofsted at the school's postcode, so usually run on the school site:
- Tuition Base Forest Gate, tuition centre. Ofsted report
Ask the club or the school about times, prices and places. More clubs nearby.
Ofsted inspection
Report card, 7 July 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Exceptional
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
Safeguarding standards: met.
From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.
About and location
- Type
- Academy
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Pupils
- 1343 (capacity 1350)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Academy trust
- COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TRUST
- Phone
- 02085348666
- Address
- Forest Lane, London, E7 9BB
- Website
- forestgatecst.org
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.