New Directions
The Storey Centre, Woodman Street, London, E16 2LS
- Phase
- Local authority maintained schools
- School type
- Pupil referral unit
- Ages
- 14 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacherprus
- Ms Kirsten MacLeod
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 60
- Pupils on roll
- 21
- URN
- 134919
- Local authority
- Newham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02075040530
About this school
New Directions is a special school in London. It teaches children aged 14 to 16 and has 21 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Confirmed by a short inspection, not a full one
Ofsted's most recent visit was a short inspection on 6 October 2022, where inspectors confirmed the school remains Good. The school's last full inspection took place before September 2019, so its area grades are not part of Ofsted's current published data. Older reports are on the school's Ofsted page.
Trends over time
How New Directions has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 17 |
| 2023/24 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 18 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 88.89%
- English as an additional language
- 33.3%
Location
Nearby schools
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University of East London0.4 miles
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Waterside School1.2 miles
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The Anchor Sendfriendly Centre1.5 miles
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Charlton Park Academy1.6 miles
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Horizon Academy2.0 miles
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Common questions
- What year groups does New Directions teach?
- New Directions teaches children aged 14 to 16. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacherprus of New Directions?
- The headteacherprus of New Directions is Ms Kirsten MacLeod, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was New Directions last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected New Directions, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is New Directions?
- New Directions has 21 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 14 to 16.
- Is New Directions full?
- New Directions has capacity for 60 pupils and 21 on roll (35%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is New Directions a faith school?
- No. New Directions has no designated religious character.
- Does New Directions publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for New Directions. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.