Skinners' Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 12 2022 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
136137
Address
Woodberry Grove, N4 1SY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1045 (93% of total capacity)
Boys
54.5%
Girls
45.5%
First language not English
64.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
48.6%
Persistent absence
27.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
Other White 26.5%
African 16.8%
Other 13.5%
Mixed 9.3%
White British 7.3%
Other Black 5.5%
Unclassified 5.3%
Caribbean 4.8%
Bangladeshi 4.4%
Indian 3.9%
Other Asian 2%
Pakistani 0.7%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.21
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.34
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 40%
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 45.2
Local authority average 51.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.08
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
TourismTechnical Award10
Health StudiesTechnical Award22
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE48
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE7
BiologyGCSE16
Business Studies:SingleGCSE70
ChemistryGCSE16
Design & TechnologyGCSE12
EconomicsGCSE25
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Skinners' Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
150
2nd preference
83
3rd preference
61
From another Local Authority
167
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
141
2nd preference
23
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
69
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 classes20.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
183
104
79
Year 8
184
100
84
Year 9
176
97
79
Year 10
184
115
69
Year 11
181
95
86
Year 12
50
26
24
Year 13
87
33
54
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
41.0%
28.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
37.0%
54.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
13.0%
10.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.3%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
90.0%
77.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
28.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
28.0%
26.4%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.8%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
0.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020