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Norlington School and 6th Form

Secondary Ages 11-18 895 pupils London

Norlington School and 6th Form is an academy converter in Waltham Forest for pupils aged 11 to 18. It has 895 pupils on roll. In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 54.1, and 63% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE. It has fewer teachers for its size than most secondary schools: 23.6 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 16.7 nationally.

GCSE results: 2026. A-level results: 2025.

Type Secondary / Academy converter
Age Range 11-18
Religion Does not apply
Address Norlington Road
Leyton
London
E10 6JZ
Phone 02085393055
Reference Number 143385

General Makeup

Number of pupils 895
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 97.88%
Girls: 2.12%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 31%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 30.7%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.4

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
7 155 Unknown 155
8 148 Unknown 148
9 163 Unknown 163
10 146 Unknown 146
11 153 Unknown 153
12 60 13 73
13 51 6 57

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 44.1%
Indian 8.4%
Asian, Other 8%
White, Other 7.6%
African 6.7%
White, British 3.2%
Mixed, Other 2.9%
White & Asian 1.6%
Chinese 1.3%
Caribbean 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.7%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
Irish 0.1%

Overall Ofsted Rating
Last Report Date 29 Nov 2023 – no overall grade published for this inspection
Date Report
29 Nov 2023 School inspection
12 Sep 2018 Short inspection
06 Sep 2016 Academy conversion letter
12 Sep 2013 Full inspection:
Previously as Norlington School and 6th Form
28 Sep 2011 Full inspection:
03 Feb 2011 Curriculum and development visit
04 Feb 2009 Full inspection:
02 Oct 2007 Curriculum and development visit
22 Feb 2006 Full inspection:
06 Dec 1999 Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
54.1

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 62.7%
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 74.5%

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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Grades

School Local Nationwide
Average Grade C+ C+ C+
Average Grade (best 3) B- B- C+
Percentage Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Students getting AAB or better 21.7%
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Year 7 admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 56 15
Third Preference 35 5
From another Local Authority 20 12

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Norlington School and 6th Form had 891 pupils for 975 places. 84 places (8.6%) were unfilled.

Pupils and places

Year 7 intake in the “Leyton / Leytonstone” planning area

Waltham Forest counted 826 Year 7 pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 812 in 2031–32, down 2%.

20172018201920212022202320242025
Places 600600600630780945975975
Pupils 578604636717765824872891
Unfilled 3.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%12.8%10.6%8.6%

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Norlington School and 6th Form attended 92.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 23.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

20172018201920212022202320242025
Authorised absence 4.1%3.5%3.8%4.7%4.5%5.8%5.0%5.3%
Unauthorised absence 2.0%1.1%1.4%1.5%2.5%2.9%2.1%2.1%
Severely absent pupils 1.4%1.0%0.0%0.3%0.3%0.4%0.8%0.8%

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 5.5% of pupils at Norlington School and 6th Form were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 4 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

201720182019202020212022202320242025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 2.43.43.01.12.14.67.24.78.3
Permanent exclusions 000001264

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Norlington School and 6th Form had 23.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

2017201820192020202120222023202420252026
Pupils per adult 9.511.810.610.311.613.917.920.521.520.9
Teachers who left state teaching 12.8%11.7%8.2%9.9%6.4%8.9%8.1%2.8%0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave –26.2%18.2%–4.0%23.4%81.4%79.5%92.1%–
Sick days per teacher –1.90.7–0.01.25.93.15.4–

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.4% of pupils at Norlington School and 6th Form were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 25 3
Autistic spectrum disorder 3 16
Social, emotional and mental health 15 4
No specialist assessment of need 17 0
Specific learning difficulty 13 2
Moderate learning difficulty 3 5
Other difficulty or disability 4 3
Physical disability 3 2
Severe learning difficulty 1 1
Hearing impairment 0 1

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Norlington School and 6th Form received £8,992 and spent £8,550 for each of its 903 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £129,000 (£143 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2019202020212022202320242025
Revenue reserve -£42,000£14,000£65,000£38,000-£68,000-£139,000£129,000
per pupil -£65£22£90£50-£83-£159£143
In-year balance -£186,000£67,000£51,000-£168,000-£106,000£277,000£399,000
per pupil -£290£103£70-£221-£129£317£442

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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How many pupils does Norlington School and 6th Form have?

Norlington School and 6th Form has 895 pupils on roll.

What age range does Norlington School and 6th Form cover?

Norlington School and 6th Form for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Norlington School and 6th Form's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 54.1, and 63% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Norlington School and 6th Form?

Norlington School and 6th Form is at Norlington Road, Leyton, London, E10 6JZ.

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