Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 5 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hackney
Unique reference
100279
Address
Clissold Road, Hackney, N16 9EX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1647 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
54.9%
Girls
45.1%
First language not English
21.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
34.7%
Persistent absence
24.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
20.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33.1%
Other White 23.3%
Mixed 13.9%
African 8.2%
Other 4.9%
Caribbean 4.1%
Unclassified 2.5%
Indian 2.4%
Other Black 2.1%
Bangladeshi 1.9%
Other Asian 1.4%
Irish 0.9%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 29%
Local authority average 61%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.2
Local authority average 50.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.12
Local authority average 4.6
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & DesignGCSE67
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE29
BiologyGCSE56
Business Studies:SingleGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE53
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE72
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE66
English LanguageGCSE252
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
245
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
195
2nd preference
121
3rd preference
143
From another Local Authority
177
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
175
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
21
To another Local Authority
58
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.4
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
255
146
109
Year 8
256
148
108
Year 9
253
144
109
Year 10
253
140
113
Year 11
255
146
109
Year 12
199
100
99
Year 13
176
81
95
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
90.2%
85.5%
Further education
32.0%
26.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
51.0%
53.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
7.0%
10.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
3.9%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
80.0%
75.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
46.0%
26.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022