Cumberland Community School

Cumberland Community School has demonstrated a good overall performance in its first inspection. The school fosters an inclusive environment where pupils feel safe, respected, and supported in their educational journey. Leaders and staff maintain high expectations for pupil behavior and engagement, leading to a positive learning atmosphere. Teachers provide effective instruction, though some inconsistencies remain in assessing pupil understanding to ensure comprehensive learning retention.

Strengths

• Pupils belong to an inclusive and supportive school community.
• High standards of behavior and conduct are maintained.
• Teachers demonstrate good subject knowledge and help pupils improve.
• A broad and ambitious curriculum is in place, including for pupils with SEND.
• Effective personal development programs prepare pupils for future challenges.
• Strong culture of safeguarding ensures pupil safety.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in teachers checking pupil understanding before progressing.

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 Cumberland Community School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 11.8% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

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, 1.2% of pupils at Cumberland Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 5 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

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 Cumberland Community School had 13.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 22.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

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, 9.0% of pupils at Cumberland Community School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

The school has resourced provision with 21 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

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 Cumberland Community School received £11,652 and spent £11,103 for each of its 1,346 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,408,000 (£1,046 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Community Schools Trust, income was £11,022 and spending £10,890 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

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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Cumberland Community School is part of Community Schools Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Forest Gate Community School London
• Haggerston School London
• Waterside Academy London
• The Excelsior Academy London
• Park Academy South Ockendon
• University Technical College Norfolk Norwich

What is Cumberland Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Cumberland Community School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Cumberland Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Cumberland Community School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Cumberland Community School have?

Cumberland Community School has 1,308 pupils on roll.

What age range does Cumberland Community School cover?

Cumberland Community School for pupils aged 11 to 16.

What are Cumberland Community School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 50.3, and 56% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Cumberland Community School?

Cumberland Community School is at Oban Close, London, E13 8SJ.