Mossbourne Community Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 29 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
134693
Address
100 Downs Park Road, Hackney, E5 8JY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1447 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
52.0%
Girls
48.0%
First language not English
48.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
35.7%
Persistent absence
8.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.4%
Pupil ethnicities
African 20.9%
Other White 18.6%
White British 16.7%
Mixed 11.4%
Caribbean 6.5%
Indian 5.7%
Other 5.3%
Bangladeshi 5%
Other Black 2.6%
Other Asian 2.3%
Chinese 1.7%
Pakistani 1.4%
Unclassified 1.2%
Irish 0.7%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
1.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.34
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 91%
Local authority average 64%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 74%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 63.6
Local authority average 51.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 6.25
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award5
Health StudiesTechnical Award13
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award18
Speech & DramaTechnical Award10
TourismTechnical Award17
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE32
Business Studies:SingleGCSE41
ChemistryGCSE32
ChineseGCSE2
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Mossbourne Community Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
203
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
504
2nd preference
377
3rd preference
255
From another Local Authority
170
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
177
2nd preference
22
3rd preference
4
To another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.2
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
222
122
100
Year 8
216
115
101
Year 9
216
110
106
Year 10
214
120
94
Year 11
211
118
93
Year 12
190
76
114
Year 13
178
92
86
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
93.5%
86.5%
Further education
23.0%
28.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
63.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
9.0%
10.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
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
92.0%
77.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
55.0%
28.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
50.0%
26.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
7.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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