Secondary
St Bonaventure's RC School
Boleyn Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9QD
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Boys
- Pupils
- 1352 of 1300 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Local authority
- Newham
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brentwood
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 84.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 115.7
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 1,344
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2022
Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
47%
6 points below the London average (53% across 239 schools)
47.3
3.8 below the London average (51.1 across 239 schools)
85th of 239 by our score, among the secondary schools in London we can score - 299 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 47.3 |
| EBacc average point score | 4 |
| Entered the EBacc | 35% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47% |
| A level average points per entry | 37.99 |
| A level students | 145 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 60% |
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 62% |
| 24/25 | 47% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 39.7 |
| 22/23 | 35.0 |
| 23/24 | 36.2 |
| 24/25 | 38.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.04 |
| 22/23 | +0.32 |
| 23/24 | +0.17 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.9 |
| 22/23 | 56.7 |
| 23/24 | 53.4 |
| 24/25 | 47.3 |
Boleyn Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9QD
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Newham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Christopher McCormack
- Address
- Boleyn Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9QD
- Telephone
- 02084723844