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London Enterprise Academy

Secondary · London · E1 1RD

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 1 October 2024

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At a glance

396 pupils · 66% of 600 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
11–16
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
26.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
77.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.londonenterpriseacademy.org/
URN
141133

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 34 families named it first for 55 Year 7 places, 0.62 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 1 October 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.62 first-choice applications per place

55 places offered · 34 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

92 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
48
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
69.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
51.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.5
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school48
Median of its 12 closest peers41.4
Tower Hamlets average48.5
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Rokeby SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood50.8
Hewens CollegeHayes · 16 miles awayRequires improvement34
AIM Academy North LondonLondon · 8 miles awayGood35.3
Eden Boys' Leadership Academy, Birmingham EastBirmingham · 101 miles awayOutstanding60.8
Eden Girls' School, CoventryCoventry · 87 miles awayOutstanding62.6
Lammas SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayNeeds attention36.3
All Saints Catholic High SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood44.1
Valley AcademyBradford · 173 miles awayExpected standard38.7
St John Wall Catholic SchoolBirmingham · 106 miles awayGood44.7
Newman Catholic CollegeLondon · 8 miles awayGood35.9
University Collegiate SchoolBolton · 174 miles awayGood36.7
Madani Girls' SchoolLeicester · 89 miles awayGood61.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 75% (Tower Hamlets 64%, England 2%) · Black African 14% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Tower Hamlets 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Tower Hamlets 4%, England 7%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.47 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Tower Hamlets: 6.10 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 19% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

90.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.9 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £58,335; 12.1% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£13,306
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 64% (77%) · premises 7% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (6%) · supplies and services 17% (11%) · educational supplies 7% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 6% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £2,445,000; in-year balance +£304,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
86%
Continuing in education
85%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher52.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work38.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health54.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier11.5%62.3%
Social housing21.5%17.1%
Privately rented67%20.5%
Detached houses0.5%22.9%
Flats90.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van81.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035686 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£585,0001,033 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£411,000–£845,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (52)£880,000
Flat (980)£567,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
67an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
489an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
79an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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