Bobby Moore Academy
General Information
- Address: 1 Siding Street, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, E20 2AE – View on map
- Phone: 02031468000
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Sarah Donnelly
- Age range: 4-19 years
- Demand for places (Year 7, September 2026): 55 families put it first for 84 places – 7 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 26 of the 84 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 7 · 2024 6 · 2025 5 · 2026 7
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 18 families put it first for 30 places – 6 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 11 of the 30 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 9 · 2025 9 · 2026 6
- Sixth form: Yes
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: None
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 417
- % eligible for free school meals: 49.3%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Newham average)
- English as an additional language: 31% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 34.1% a year (Newham 22%, typical in England 15.5%)
- Where they went: about 57% moved to another school, 43% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Newham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 54 (1.9 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.7)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 5
- Suspensions for bullying: 41 (1.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 1.9)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 12 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.8)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state secondary schools in Newham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 11.1%
- Persistently absent pupils: 38.4%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.6%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Social, emotional and mental health: 35 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 33 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 19 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 16 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 20 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 17 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Physical disability: 3 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 2 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card January 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching Expected standard
- Achievement Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Strong standard
- Early years Strong standard
- Sixth form (post-16) Expected standard
- Leadership and governance Strong standard
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Good (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
- Attainment 8 score: 45.6
- Compared with the area: 5.6 points below the Newham average (51.2)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (+8.1 points against an expected 37.5)
- Grade 4+ in English and maths: 65% (Newham 71%, England 65%) Broadly steady
- Data year: 2024/25
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GCSE results over time
16th of 20 all-through schools in Newham for Attainment 8
- #14Little Ilford School47.6
- #15St Bonaventure's RC School47.3
- #16Bobby Moore Academy45.6
- #17Oasis Academy Silvertown45.1
- #18Lister Community School44.1
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Leaver Destinations
- In education, employment, or training a year later: 89.0%
- Went into further education: 87.0%
- Data year: 2024/25
GCSE Subjects Offered
- Maths (General)
- English Language
- English Literature
- Science Double Award
- Geography
- Spanish
- History
- Business Studies
- Computer Science
- Art & Design
- Biology
- Chemistry (General)
- Physics (General)
- Sports Studies
- Speech & Drama
- D & T
- Music Studies (General)
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Italian
- Bengali
- Religious Studies
- Russian
- Persian Language
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 91% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 32% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 15 percentage points above the Newham average (76%)
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 95% · Writing 91% · Maths 95% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 109
- Based on: 22 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
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Year 6 SATs: joint 4th of 66 junior and primary schools in the area
- #2Roman Road Primary School94%
- #3Elmhurst Primary School92%
- =4Bobby Moore Academy91%
- =4Rosetta Primary School91%
- =4Tollgate Primary School91%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,106 (2024-25)
13th of 20 all-through schools in Newham for spending per pupil
- #11Langdon Academy£9,759
- #12Sarah Bonnell School£9,163
- #13Bobby Moore Academy£9,106
- #14Oasis School 21£8,868
- #15Harris Academy Chobham£8,751
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