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Big Creative Academy[1]

Secondary · 16 plus · ages 16–19

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Headline results

No headline results are published for this school in the latest two years.

Results

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
73% 2022/23[2]
Education
44% 2022/23[2]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[2]
Employment
27% 2022/23[2]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 67%[3] 43%[3] 1%[3] 23%[3]
2020/21 69%[4] 50%[4] 3%[4] 16%[4]
2019/20 64%[5] 44%[5] 1%[5] 20%[5]
2018/19 69%[6] 48%[6] 1%[6] 21%[6]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
43% 2021/22[7]
Top third of most selective universities
5% 2021/22[7]
Russell Group universities
0% 2019/20[8]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 44%[9] 4%[9]
2019/20 46%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8] 0%[8]
2018/19 55%[10] 1%[10] 1%[10] 0%[10]
2017/18 45%[11] 1%[11] 1%[11] 0%[11]

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

No published data for this school.

Competition to get in

No published data for this school.

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools 16 to 19[1]
Ages
16–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Capacity
500[1]
Trust
BIG CREATIVE ACADEMY[1]
Local authority
Waltham Forest[1]
Website
http://www.bigcreative.education/[1]
District
Waltham Forest[12]
Postcode
E17 6HL[1]
URN
141030[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
0 2021/22[13]
English as an additional language
0% 2021/22[13]

Sources

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: 16-18 progression to higher education. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.