New Rush Hall School[1]

Special · ages 5–16

Headline results

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Results

Results at special schools and alternative provision aren't comparable with mainstream schools'. Shown as published, not compared.

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 17.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 7.1% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 0% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.06 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	13.7[5]	10.5%[5]
2023/24	24.2[3]	30%[3]	+0.06[3]
2022/23	22.4[6]	0%[6]	-0.21[6]
2021/22	10.3[7]	0%[7]	-1.74[7]

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 0% 2024/25[8]
Reading, average scaled score: 97 2018/19[9]
Maths, average scaled score: 91 2018/19[9]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[10]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[10]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2018/19	0%[9]	0%[9]	97[9]	91[9]
2017/18	0%[11]	0%[11]	91[11]	91[11]
2015/16	0%[12]	0%[12]	97[12]	87[12]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 89% 2022/23[13]
School sixth form: 11% 2022/23[13]
Sixth-form college: 11% 2022/23[13]
Further education college: 67% 2022/23[13]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[13]
Employment: 0% 2022/23[13]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	22%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]	11%[14]	0%[14]	11%[14]
2020/21	64%[15]	9%[15]	9%[15]	36%[15]	0%[15]	0%[15]
2019/20	100%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]	100%[16]	0%[16]	0%[16]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 25 Nov 2025[17]
Type: S5 Inspection[17]
Report published: 28 May 2026[17]
Inclusion: Exceptional[17]
Achievement: Strong standard[17]
Safeguarding standards: Met[17]
Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard[17]
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard[17]
Leadership and governance: Strong standard[17]
Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional[17]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
9 Nov 2021[18]	Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[18]	No overall grade[18]
9 Nov 2016[19]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[19]	No overall grade[19]

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type: Community special school[1]
Ages: 5–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 80[1]
Local authority: Redbridge[1]
Website: https://www.newrushhallschool.co.uk [1]
District: Redbridge [20]
Postcode: IG6 2LB[1]
URN: 102879[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 91 2024/25[21]
English as an additional language: 7.7% 2024/25[21]
SEN support: 3.3% 2024/25[21]
EHC plan: 93.4% 2024/25[21]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 72.5% 2024/25[21]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 52.1%[22]
Mixed: 16%[22]
Asian: 6.4%[22]
Black: 23.4%[22]
Any other ethnic group: 0%[22]
Unclassified: 2.1%[22]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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