The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Dec 5 2023 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
Church of England
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hackney
Unique reference
100284
Address
Paragon Road, Hackney, E9 6NR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
831 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
60.2%
Girls
39.8%
First language not English
34.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
65.9%
Persistent absence
28.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 19.6%
Other White 16.4%
Caribbean 15.3%
Mixed 14.4%
White British 9.6%
Bangladeshi 7.6%
Other 5.5%
Indian 3.5%
Other Black 2.9%
Other Asian 1.8%
Pakistani 1.4%
Irish 0.6%
Unclassified 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.09
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.34
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 67%
Local authority average 64%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 37%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.3
Local authority average 51.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.83
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award38
MultimediaTechnical Award16
Art & DesignGCSE33
BiologyGCSE19
ChineseGCSE34
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
English LanguageGCSE138
English LiteratureGCSE134
FrenchGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
122
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
68
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
59
From another Local Authority
19
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
68
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
9
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
144
84
60
Year 8
150
91
59
Year 9
151
95
56
Year 10
146
89
57
Year 11
147
90
57
Year 12
54
28
26
Year 13
39
23
16
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
93.5%
86.5%
Further education
29.0%
28.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
53.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
10.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
71.0%
77.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
11.0%
28.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
11.0%
26.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020