Waterside Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 10 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Not available
Sixth Form
Not applicable
Local authority
Hackney
Unique reference
147653
Address
317-319 Kingsland Road, E8 4DL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
401 (66% of total capacity)
Boys
55.9%
Girls
44.1%
First language not English
41.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
56.9%
Persistent absence
21.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
5.0%
Pupil ethnicities
African 29.2%
Other White 21.2%
Caribbean 12.7%
Mixed 12.4%
Other 8%
White British 6.2%
Other Black 3.7%
Indian 1.5%
Pakistani 1.2%
Bangladeshi 1.2%
Irish 0.7%
Unclassified 0.7%
Other Asian 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.71
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.34
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 69%
Local authority average 64%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 53%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46
Local authority average 51.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.28
Local authority average 4.72
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
ArabicGCSE1
Art & DesignGCSE34
BengaliGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE16
English LanguageGCSE93
English LiteratureGCSE93
FrenchGCSE28
GeographyGCSE31
HistoryGCSE41
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Waterside Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
51
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
31
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
31
2nd preference
7
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
3
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 classes24.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
67
41
26
Year 8
76
39
37
Year 9
90
54
36
Year 10
74
39
35
Year 11
94
51
43
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
91.8%
85.6%
Further education
28.0%
24.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
26.0%
55.4%
36.6%
Sixth form college
37.0%
11.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.5%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
0.2%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023