Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 15 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
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
137789
Address
Gosset Street, Bethnal Green, E2 6NW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1439 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.5%
Girls
46.5%
First language not English
59.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
47%
Persistent absence
20.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 54.1%
African 15.9%
Mixed 10.2%
White British 6.2%
Other 4.2%
Other White 3.2%
Caribbean 2%
Unclassified 1.3%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.8%
Pakistani 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.47
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 59%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49.4
Local authority average 48.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.47
Local authority average 4.31
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award39
ArabicGCSE2
Art & DesignGCSE29
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE22
Business Studies:SingleGCSE32
ChemistryGCSE22
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
English LanguageGCSE202
English LiteratureGCSE202
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
145
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
93
2nd preference
103
3rd preference
75
From another Local Authority
24
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
93
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
5
To another Local Authority
8
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
202
117
85
Year 8
176
90
86
Year 9
180
102
78
Year 10
166
92
74
Year 11
207
119
88
Year 12
279
129
150
Year 13
229
121
108
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
97.0%
92.1%
85.6%
Further education
12.0%
21.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
85.0%
66.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.7%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.4%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
4.9%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
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
70.0%
69.3%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
16.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.4%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021