King Solomon High School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D52
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Ilford, IG6 3HB
- Distance
- 2.5km away
Forest Academy
Harbourer Road, Hainault, Ilford, IG6 3TN
Local ranking16th of 19 secondary schools in Redbridge
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
940
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 12 January 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 33.3% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.9% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 165
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 84.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 823
- Boys
- 405 (54%)
- Girls
- 344 (46%)
- Capacity
- 940 (80% full)
- SEND
- 18.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 31.1%
- EAL
- 58.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 13.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 12.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 66.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £9,346/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 18.2% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White Other: 24.4%
- White British: 16.6%
- Asian Pakistani: 11.1%
- Black African: 9.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 8.9%
- Asian Indian: 8.3%
- Asian Other: 6.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
24.4%
White Other
16.6%
White British
11.1%
Asian Pakistani
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Harbourer Road
Ilford, London
Administrative
- URN
- 137692
- UKPRN
- 10036058
- Establishment No.
- 4000
- Trust
- BEACON MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST LIMITED
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