School admissions in Newham
How heavily each school was applied to for September 2026 entry, from the applications and offers every admissions authority reports to the DfE. 50 of these schools also have a published admissions cutoff distance. Sorted by first preferences per place. We don't invent rankings: the order is arithmetic on a published figure, not a view about which school is better.
Reception places, September 2026
67 schools. 18 received more first preferences than they had places.
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.
Year 7 places, September 2026
20 schools. 4 received more first preferences than they had places.
| School | First preferences per place | Places | Cutoff distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brampton Manor Academy | 2.68 | 434 | 0.816 miles |
| Oasis School 21 | 1.23 | 31 | 0.59 miles |
| Forest Gate Community School | 1.20 | 260 | 0.82 miles |
| Harris Academy Chobham | 1.08 | 113 | 0.585 miles |
| Little Ilford School | 0.86 | 338 | 0.979 miles |
| Oasis Academy Silvertown | 0.85 | 123 | 2.035 miles |
| Sarah Bonnell School | 0.80 | 174 | 3.818 miles |
| St Bonaventure's RC School | 0.79 | 203 | not published |
| St Angela's Ursuline School | 0.79 | 190 | not published |
| Plashet, City of London Academy | 0.77 | 287 | 1.273 miles |
| Eastlea Community School | 0.75 | 64 | not published |
| Royal Docks Academy | 0.73 | 96 | 3.248 miles |
| Lister Community School | 0.73 | 198 | 1.865 miles |
| Bobby Moore Academy | 0.65 | 84 | 3.428 miles |
| Kingsford Community School | 0.63 | 199 | not published |
| Stratford School Academy | 0.62 | 300 | not published |
| Rokeby School | 0.61 | 64 | not published |
| Langdon Academy | 0.59 | 289 | 1.036 miles |
| Cumberland Community School | 0.51 | 252 | not published |
| Harris Science Academy East London | 0.47 | 102 | not published |
First preferences per place is the number of families naming the school first, divided by its published admission number. Above 1.00 means more first choices than places. It is not a ranking and not a measure of quality: a popular school can be easy to get into and a quiet one hard, because places are allocated by each school's own criteria, siblings and faith and banding first, with distance often the last tie-breaker. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE.