Godwin Junior School

School Community

 

Godwin Junior School is situated in Forest Gate in the London Borough of Newham. The school reflects the diversity of Forest Gate and serves a multicultural and multilingual community.

 

As at March 2026, 45% of our children have English as an Additional Language. Currently, there are 33 home languages spoken within our school community; the main ones are English: 55%; Bengali: 13% and Urdu: 6%.

 

The largest ethnic groups our school serves are White British heritage (28%), Bangladeshi heritage (14%), Indian heritage (10%) and Pakistani heritage (9%).

 

33% of our school population identify as Muslim; 26% are of no faith and 21% are Christian.

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The number of pupils who are entitled to free schools meals is 25%. 52% of our pupils live in the Forest Gate North Ward; this ward has 39.9% of overcrowded households. The school deprivation indicator places our school within the most deprived 20% of schools.