Rokeby School

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Newham·E16 4DD
Composite score
63.5
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National rank
#226
In London
#10
In Newham
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
50.8
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
54%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
72%
% EBacc grade 5+
18%
EBacc average points score
4.53

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 64 places
First choices per place
0.61
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
186
any preference, for 64 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.5920220.5520230.6120240.5320250.612026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Rokeby School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
588
Gender
Boys
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
56.0%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
81.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.2%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.5%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
13.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£12,793
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
89%
162 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
88%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

About Rokeby School

Rokeby School is a boys' secondary school in London, Newham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 588 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 50.8 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 1.9 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of secondary schools nationally.

54% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 72% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Rokeby School their first choice was offered one of its 64 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 13.4 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 56% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Rokeby School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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