London Academy of Excellence

London Academy of Excellence

Established	2012
Type	Free School
Headteacher	John Weeks
Location	Broadway House 322 Stratford High Street Stratford E15 1AJ England
Local authority	Tower Hamlets Newham
Staff	51
Students	440 (Est.)
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	16–18
Houses	Eton Caterham Highgate Brighton University College School Forest
Website	http://excellencelondon.ac.uk/

The London Academy of Excellence (LAE), founded in 2012, is the first selective free school sixth form college in the London borough of Newham,^[1]^[2] opened by the government under a new scheme which began in 2010.

Background

The school is selective as, from 2013, it interviews candidates before giving a conditional offer which depends on their GCSE results.^[3] In 2012, 5 B grades were needed at GCSE. From 2013, this became 5 A*/A grades.

LAE was founded in collaboration with some of the leading independent fee-paying schools in south-east England: Brighton College, Caterham School, Eton College, City of London School, Forest School, Highgate School and University College School.

In 2015, the Sunday Times named LAE "best sixth form in the country".^[4]

Academics

In 2016 eight students gained offers from Oxford University and the University of Cambridge, receiving much national media attention.^[5]

References

↑ Adonis, Andrew (2012-08-07). "How London state schools became the nation’s best". London Evening Standard (London). Retrieved 2013-05-04.
↑ Barker, Irena (2012-11-16). "A touch of Eton in the East End". TES (London). Retrieved 2013-05-04.
↑ Griffiths, Sian (2012-11-09). "Eton of the East End". The Sunday Times (London).
↑ O'Reilly, Judith (22 November 2015). "Free school sets gold standard". The Sunday Times (London).
↑ Furness, Hannah (17 January 2016). "'East End Eton' pupils beats top public schools to Oxbridge". The Telegraph (London).

Schools and colleges in Newham

State primary schools	Chobham Academy Langdon Academy

State secondary schools	Brampton Manor Academy Chobham Academy Cumberland School Eastlea Community School Forest Gate Community School Kingsford Community School Langdon Academy Lister Community School Little Ilford School Plashet School Rokeby School The Royal Docks Community School St Angela's Ursuline School St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School Sarah Bonnell School Stratford School

Independent schools	Grangewood Independent School

FE & sixth form colleges	London Academy of Excellence Newham College of Further Education Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre Newham Sixth Form College

Defunct schools	Plaistow County Grammar School Tyndale Academy Walton Road School

Universities and colleges in London

Education in London

Universities

University of London	Birkbeck Central School of Speech and Drama Courtauld Institute of Art Goldsmiths Heythrop College Institute of Cancer Research King's College London London Business School London School of Economics London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Queen Mary Royal Academy of Music Royal Holloway Royal Veterinary College School of Advanced Study St George's SOAS University College London

Other	University of the Arts London BPP University Brunel University City University London University of East London University of Greenwich Kingston University Imperial College London University of Law London Metropolitan University London South Bank University Middlesex University Regent's University London Richmond, The American International University in London Roehampton University Royal College of Art St Mary's University University of Westminster University of West London

Other university-level colleges

Further Education colleges

Sixth form colleges

List

Coordinates: 51°31′31.86″N 0°02′6.78″E / 51.5255167°N 0.0352167°E / 51.5255167; 0.0352167

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