The Bridge Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 23 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Hackney
Unique reference
131609
Address
Laburnum Street, Hackney, E2 8BA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1113 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
46.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
51.7%
Persistent absence
26.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
African 21.8%
Other White 19%
White British 13.3%
Mixed 9.8%
Caribbean 9.3%
Bangladeshi 8.1%
Other 7.1%
Other Black 3%
Indian 2.5%
Chinese 1.4%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Asian 1.3%
Irish 0.8%
Pakistani 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.48
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.34
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%
Local authority average 64%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 58%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.7
Local authority average 51.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.81
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award6
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
ArabicGCSE4
Art & DesignGCSE34
BiologyGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE56
ChineseGCSE2
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE12
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE35
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

The Bridge Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
161
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
100
2nd preference
132
3rd preference
151
From another Local Authority
65
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
100
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
19
To another Local Authority
19
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 classes21.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
178
100
78
Year 8
180
96
84
Year 9
175
90
85
Year 10
178
88
90
Year 11
174
92
82
Year 12
121
78
43
Year 13
107
53
54
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.8%
85.6%
Further education
19.0%
24.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
63.0%
55.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
8.0%
11.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
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
31.0%
34.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
1.3%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021