Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 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
1419 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
53.3%
Girls
46.7%
First language not English
64.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.3%
Persistent absence
16.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.2%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 54.8%
African 15.2%
Mixed 10%
White British 6.5%
Other 4.4%
Other White 2.7%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other Black 1.2%
Other Asian 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Indian 0.5%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 61%
Local authority average 54%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.7
Local authority average 47.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.1
Local authority average 4.26
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE28
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE21
ChemistryGCSE21
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
English LanguageGCSE167
English LiteratureGCSE167
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
137
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
101
2nd preference
91
3rd preference
83
From another Local Authority
17
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
101
2nd preference
18
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.2
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
140
82
58
Year 8
196
114
82
Year 9
177
93
84
Year 10
169
101
68
Year 11
168
94
74
Year 12
329
167
162
Year 13
240
105
135
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
94.0%
92.3%
85.5%
Further education
7.0%
23.0%
36.9%
School sixth form
86.0%
65.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
1.0%
3.3%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.1%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.7%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.9%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.1%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
59.1%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
14.0%
10.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.0%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022