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New Directions

Alternative provisionAges 14–16Pupil referral unit

Newham, E16 2LS · Newham local authority

Newham’s School Grade A better than 93% of towns in England

How full
21 pupils
35% of its 60 places
Free school meals
43%
43 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about New Directions

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 21 pupils for 60 places
  • 43% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, October 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (E16 2) sold for a median £487,500; Newham’s is £447,500

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

18 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
100%England 15.3%
EHC plan
0%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
33.3%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
88.9%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 28%Boys 72%
Its letter

No letter for New Directions

Alternative provision isn’t given a letter: pupils come for part of their schooling, so results don’t compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, October 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near New Directions

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in E16 2, the school’s postcode sector

Newham property prices →
£487,500
median sale, 1,029 sales in 36 months · Newham £447,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025E16 2Newham
E16 2Newham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Terraced
£475K
Flat
£488K
E16 2Newham

Homes in E16 2 sell for a little over Newham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

27 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB+A−A−BCC+A+AC−C+B+A−B+A−BAB−A−B−C−AAB−C−A−BANew Directions
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Newham, E16 2LS

New Directions: common questions

What is New Directions’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2022).

How much do houses cost near New Directions?

Homes in its postcode sector, E16 2, sold for a median £487,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (1,029 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Newham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.