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Lister Community School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
St Mary's Road, Plaistow, London E13 9AE · lister.ncltrust.net · 020 8471 3311
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 44.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Newham 51.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Newham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,470
- 95% of 1,550 places
- Local authority
- Newham
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 59%
- First language not English
- 65.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Newham Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 144 families put the school first and 198 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 198 | 144 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 247 | 132 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 262 | 156 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 320 | 194 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 330 | 221 | 0.7 | 95% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 44.1, and 38.6% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Newham it was 51.2, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●44.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼38.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼60.6% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲86.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.00 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102778)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 29.8 | +5.2 |
| Sixth form college | 28.7 | −22.1 |
| Further education | 30.1 | +13.8 |
| Other education | 0.3 | −0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.3 | −0.1 |
| Employment | 1.7 | +0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.4 | −0.8 |
| Activity not captured | 5.9 | +3.6 |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Lister Community School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Dec 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 102778), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
Dec 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102778)
Nov 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102778)
Feb 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102778)
What parents said
68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 68%
- Replies
- 40
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied