Girls secondary school in London, Newham
Plashet, City of London Academy
Plashet Grove, East Ham, London, E6 1DG
Ofsted
Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 9 November 2022.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Pupils on roll
- 1469
- Places
- 1500
- How full
- Nearly full — 1469 of 1500 places taken
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Newham 010C, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 35%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 27%
- Households owning their home
- 36%
- Households in social housing
- 23%
- Households with no car
- 48%
- Adults economically inactive
- 44%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- Ages 11–16
- Gender
- Girls
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Rachel McGowan
- Local authority
- Newham
- Ward
- Plashet
- Constituency
- East Ham
- URN
- 152267
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Ilford SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 47.6 | 0.6 mi |
| St Angela's Ursuline SchoolVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2022 | 54.1 | 0.9 mi |
| Langdon AcademyAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 53.5 | 1 mi |
| St Bonaventure's RC SchoolVoluntary aided school | Outstanding 2022 | 47.3 | 1.1 mi |
| Lister Community SchoolAcademy converter | No grade | 44.1 | 1.1 mi |
| Quwwat Ul Islam Girls' SchoolOther independent school | No grade | — | 1.1 mi |
| Stratford School AcademyAcademy converter | Good 2022 | 53.9 | 1.1 mi |
| Brampton Manor AcademyAcademy converter | Outstanding 2024 | 59.9 | 1.2 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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