Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jul 6 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
1666 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
56.4%
Girls
43.6%
First language not English
21.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
30.6%
Persistent absence
29.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 33%
Other White 23.3%
Mixed 13.9%
African 8.3%
Other 5.1%
Caribbean 4%
Indian 2.9%
Other Black 2.3%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Unclassified 1.6%
Other Asian 1.3%
Irish 1%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.34
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 38%
Local authority average 64%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.2
Local authority average 51.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE19
Art & DesignGCSE63
BiologyGCSE80
ChemistryGCSE76
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE82
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE67
Design & TechnologyGCSE84
English LanguageGCSE252
English LiteratureGCSE244
FrenchGCSE30
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
249
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
227
2nd preference
174
3rd preference
153
From another Local Authority
205
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
183
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
24
To another Local Authority
46
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
254
151
103
Year 8
255
144
111
Year 9
254
140
114
Year 10
254
147
107
Year 11
251
145
106
Year 12
185
89
96
Year 13
213
124
89
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
91.8%
85.6%
Further education
22.0%
24.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
63.0%
55.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
7.0%
11.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
81.0%
80.1%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
46.0%
34.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021