Secondary
Forest Academy
Harbourer Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3TN
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 749 of 940 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 12.9
- Local authority
- Redbridge
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- BEACON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 64.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 88.7
- Pupils per adult
- 9.3
- Pupils
- 825
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 January 2023
Good
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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
37%
21 points below the Ilford average (58% across 9 schools)
42.2
11.0 below the Ilford average (53.2 across 9 schools)
6th of 9 by our score, among the secondary schools in Ilford we can score - 11 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 | 42.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.02 |
| Entered the EBacc | 86% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% |
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 | 49% |
| 22/23 | 32% |
| 23/24 | 43% |
| 24/25 | 37% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.05 |
| 22/23 | -0.33 |
| 23/24 | +0.11 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 46.5 |
| 22/23 | 40.7 |
| 23/24 | 44.3 |
| 24/25 | 42.2 |
Harbourer Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3TN
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.
Redbridge 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
- Principal Designate
- Cristalina Fernandes-Bates
- Address
- Harbourer Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3TN
- Telephone
- 02085004266