Eastlea Community School
Pretoria Road, Canning Town, London, E16 4NP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- NEWHAM COMMUNITY LEARNING
- Headteacher
- Ms Sarah Morgan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Newham Community Learning
- SEN provision
- PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 593
- URN
- 148224
- Local authority
- Newham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02075400400
About this school
Eastlea Community School is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 593 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 213 | 183 | 137 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.1 | 38.7 | 41.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.45 -0.68 to -0.21 | -0.29 -0.53 to -0.05 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 33% | 32.2% | 27% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 52% | 47% | 48.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 34% | 26.8% | 38% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Eastlea Community School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Newham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 42.1 | 46.5 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 38.7 | 46.6 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 41.6 | 47.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 885 |
| 2023/24 | 788 |
| 2024/25 | 689 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Eastlea Community School compares
Eastlea Community School ranked 19th of 20 secondary schools in Newham for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 41.6 | 9.5% | 56.9% | 593 | — |
| Rokeby School | 50.8 | 9% | 56% | 473 | 0.4 miles |
| Harris Science Academy East London | 56.9 | 6.7% | 53.2% | 513 | 0.8 miles |
| Bow School | 43.2 | 6.9% | 57.5% | 1,126 | 0.8 miles |
| Lister Community School | 44.1 | 8.2% | 55% | 1,470 | 1.0 miles |
| Cumberland Community School | 52.6 | 4.4% | 58% | 1,308 | 1.1 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.89%
- English as an additional language
- 59.4%
- Overall absence
- 9.47%
- Persistent absence
- 29.66%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rokeby School0.4 miles
Secondary · London
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Harris Science Academy East London0.8 miles
Secondary · London
-
Bow School0.8 miles
Secondary · London
-
Lister Community School1.0 miles
Secondary · London
-
Cumberland Community School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Eastlea Community School ranks 225th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Eastlea Community School teach?
- Eastlea Community School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Eastlea Community School?
- The headteacher of Eastlea Community School is Ms Sarah Morgan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Eastlea Community School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Eastlea Community School, 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 Eastlea Community School?
- Eastlea Community School has 593 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Eastlea Community School full?
- Eastlea Community School has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 593 on roll (49%), 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 Eastlea Community School a faith school?
- No. Eastlea Community School has no designated religious character.
- Is Eastlea Community School a selective school?
- No. Eastlea Community School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Eastlea Community School?
- Eastlea Community School is part of NEWHAM COMMUNITY LEARNING. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Eastlea Community School have?
- The schools register lists Eastlea Community School's special educational needs provision as: PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Eastlea Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 42.1 in 2022/23 and 41.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Eastlea Community School rank locally?
- Eastlea Community School ranked 19th of 20 secondary schools in Newham for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 44% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 10% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Eastlea Community School's absence rate?
- Eastlea Community School's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Eastlea Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Eastlea Community School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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 10 July 2026.