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Cumberland Community School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 50 50.3 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.3 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
56.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.71 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 52.6[5] 59%[5]
2023/24 53.5[3] 61.6%[3] +0.71[3]
2022/23 51.7[6] 55%[6] +0.49[6]
2021/22 51.4[7] 56%[7] +0.58[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
30% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
28% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
27% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
0% 2021/22[9]
Employment
3% 2021/22[9]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[9] 30%[9] 37%[9] 19%[9] 0%[9] 3%[9]
2020/21 90%[10] 27%[10] 37%[10] 20%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 28%[11] 36%[11] 29%[11] 0%[11]
2018/19 91%[12] 24%[12] 35%[12] 26%[12] 3%[12] 1%[12]

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
28 Sep 2022[13]
Type
Academy First Section 5[13]
Report published
10 Nov 2022[13]
Personal development
Good[13]
Quality of education
Good[13]
Overall effectiveness
Good[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[13]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.5 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Applications (any preference)
881 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences
129 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Places offered
252 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 763[14] 78[14] 187[14] 4.1[14] 0.4[14]
Entry Sept 2024 681[14] 66[14] 170[14] 4.0[14] 0.4[14]
Entry Sept 2023 692[14] 102[14] 245[14] 2.8[14] 0.4[14]
Entry Sept 2022 695[14] 101[14] 215[14] 3.2[14] 0.5[14]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1500[1]
Trust
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Newham[1]
Website
https://www.cumberlandcst.org[1]
District
Newham[15]
Postcode
E13 8SJ[1]
URN
145113[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1346 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language
53.8% 2024/25[16]
SEN support
9.9% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan
3.3% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
58% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
17.6%[17]
Mixed
16.3%[17]
Asian
35.7%[17]
Black
22.9%[17]
Any other ethnic group
6.8%[17]
Unclassified
0.8%[17]

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

  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: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. 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.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.