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Bobby Moore Academy

All-through · London · E20 2AE

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Strong standardPost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 26 March 2026

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At a glance

971 pupils · 62% of 1,560 capacity

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
49.3% of pupils
English as additional language
30.5% of pupils
SEN support
13.6% of pupils
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.bobbymooreacademy.co.uk
URN
144739

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.60 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 18 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.65 first-choice applications per place

84 places offered · 55 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

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2019 entry) lived within 8.554 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry) lived within 3.428 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

Cutoff distance by entry year

22
23
24

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Cutoff distances as published by the local authority (source). Siblings and other priority groups are offered places first; cutoffs move year to year.

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

22 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
32%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
45.6
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
65.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
50.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.2
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) D+
24
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
10.4%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
30.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 12% moved to another state school · 16% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£9,106
Typical all-through school£7,730

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
89%
Continuing in education
87%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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