Mulberry School for Girls

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Apr 23 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
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
Tower Hamlets
Unique reference
143629
Address
Richard Street, Commercial Road, E1 2JP

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1663 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
0.0%
Girls
100.0%
First language not English
67.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
45.2%
Persistent absence
14.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.8%
Pupil ethnicities
Bangladeshi 84.1%
African 4.6%
Mixed 3.6%
Other 3.1%
Pakistani 1.5%
Other White 1.1%
Unclassified 0.7%
Indian 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
White British 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.21
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 95%
Local authority average 59%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 56.5
Local authority average 48.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.17
Local authority average 4.31
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE55
Art & DesignGCSE27
BengaliGCSE57
BiologyGCSE60
ChemistryGCSE60
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE88
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE30
DanceGCSE17
English LanguageGCSE232
English LiteratureGCSE233
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Mulberry School for Girls

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
235
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
263
2nd preference
186
3rd preference
107
From another Local Authority
26
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
211
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes26.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
270
0
270
Year 8
240
0
240
Year 9
238
0
238
Year 10
238
0
238
Year 11
239
0
239
Year 12
230
0
230
Year 13
208
0
208
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
99.0%
92.7%
86.5%
Further education
14.0%
21.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
83.0%
66.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
3.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.7%
0.9%
Entering employment
0.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
SP
0.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.6%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.8%
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
89.0%
66.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
40.0%
16.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
39.0%
15.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.1%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020