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Bobby Moore Academy

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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 (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
4–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
49.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
30.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.bobbymooreacademy.co.uk
URN
144739

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 55 families named it first for 84 Year 7 places, 0.65 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 3.428 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 9 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. At its report-card inspection on 20 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 10.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

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

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

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

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: Reception

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

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

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

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 3.428 miles

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

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 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school45.6
Median of its 12 closest peers44.9
Newham average50.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is in line with 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
Lift Firth ParkSheffield · 144 miles awayRequires improvement32.7
North Huddersfield Trust SchoolHuddersfield · 165 miles awayNeeds attention35.7
Sedgehill AcademyLondon · 8 miles awayGood43.9
Oasis Academy Shirley ParkCroydon · 11 miles awayGood42.6
Moor End AcademyHuddersfield · 163 miles awayOutstanding45.9
CHS SouthManchester · 162 miles awayGood48.3
Dixons Broadgreen AcademyLiverpool · 178 miles awayRequires improvement34.4
The Gateway AcademyGrays · 17 miles awayGood (2019)46.1
Leigh Academy HalleyLondon · 5 miles awayStrong standard48.4
Chelsea AcademyLondon · 8 miles awayGood51.9
Ormiston Meridian AcademyStoke-on-Trent · 133 miles awayExpected standard40.2
The St Thomas the Apostle CollegeLondon · 5 miles awayOutstanding (2018)61.7

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 15% (Newham 11%, England 7%) · Black African 15% (Newham 14%, England 5%) · White British 12% (Newham 5%, England 59%) · Asian Bangladeshi 10% (Newham 23%, England 2%) · Not recorded 7% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 7% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Newham 4%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 4% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 3% (Newham 10%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Newham 12%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 3% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · 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)
10.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
32.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

35.94 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Newham: 7.92 suspensions and 0.15 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
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

Vacancies (November 2025)

3.92% 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)

77.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.8 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 £56,788; 7.1% 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£9,106
Typical all-through school£7,789

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for all-through schools in brackets: Staff 78% (78%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 6% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 1% (1%) · catering 4% (4%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £462,000; in-year balance +£462,000

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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
89%
Continuing in education
87%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
2%

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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher63.5%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work48.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways12.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier11.4%62.3%
Social housing37%17.1%
Privately rented51.5%20.5%
Detached houses0.1%22.9%
Flats98.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms1.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van72.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034222 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£430,000707 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£340,000–£530,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (26)£786,000
Flat (679)£425,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters 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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
12an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an 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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