Stratford School Academy, London

Ofsted's report card from its 16 June 2026 inspection grades Stratford School Academy on 6 areas: 6 strong standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils consistently achieve excellent outcomes."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Attendance is a notable strength of the school."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "The school curriculum is broad and ambitious."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is at the heart of this school."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders at all levels are highly knowledgeable, ambitious and reflective."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Personal development is embedded in all aspects of school life."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should ensure that staff joining the school are swiftly supported to understand the school's pedagogical approaches and embed these successfully in their practice to further support the consistency of high-quality teaching and learning across all subjects".

In its own words: "To serve our local community by providing every child with the knowledge, qualifications and wider experiences they need to develop to their potential and to participate in and make a positive contribution to society. These are the deeply held beliefs that will provide the foundation for our school and guide every decision within it."

From the headteacher's welcome: "It is my pleasure to welcome you to Stratford School Academy, a high-achieving inclusive school delivering excellence for all. Rooted in the local community in the borough of Newham, we aim to provide an inspirational learning journey for every student."

In 2026, pupils at Stratford School Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 51, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.6 in Newham and 47 across England.

57% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Newham and 47% in England.

That is down from 53.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.58: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 49.9, against 52.5 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 2.6 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 186 families put Stratford School Academy as their first choice and 1033 named it as one of their preferences, for 300 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Stratford School Academy are St Bonaventure's RC School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 53.5); St Angela's Ursuline School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 55.2); Forest Gate Community School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 59); and Lister Community School (0.6 miles, Attainment 8 48.1).

Stratford School Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Of the 288 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 25% to a further education college.

53.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 75.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (67%) and Black (12%).

In 2026, 83 pupils (5.6%) received SEN support and 80 (5.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is autism.

Stratford School Academy has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs and autism: 10 places, 11 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Forest Gate Rail Station, about 940 metres away (roughly a 12-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stratford School, 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Stratford School Academy issued 119 suspensions, 8 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Stratford School Academy are St Antony's Catholic Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Elmhurst Primary School (0.2 miles), Selwyn Primary School (0.3 miles) and Park Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.