Haggerston School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
School rating
No rating
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
149901
Address
Weymouth Terrace, Hackney, E2 8LS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1007 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
55.1%
Girls
44.9%
First language not English
24.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
46%
Persistent absence
15.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
19.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.7%
Other White 18.2%
Mixed 16.8%
African 10.8%
Caribbean 6.1%
Other 4.7%
Other Black 4.1%
Bangladeshi 3.6%
Irish 1.1%
Unclassified 1.1%
Indian 1%
Other Asian 1%
Pakistani 0.6%
Chinese 0.4%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 61%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 46%
Local authority average 49%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.6
Local authority average 50.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.97
Local authority average 4.6
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award9
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE1
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE38
BiologyGCSE35
Business Studies:SingleGCSE49
ChemistryGCSE35
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Haggerston School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
171
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
129
2nd preference
161
3rd preference
160
From another Local Authority
158
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
116
2nd preference
38
3rd preference
10
To another Local Authority
39
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 classes20
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
166
95
71
Year 8
177
100
77
Year 9
174
89
85
Year 10
166
85
81
Year 11
183
105
78
Year 12
82
49
33
Year 13
59
32
27
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
90.2%
85.5%
Further education
24.0%
26.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
56.0%
53.7%
35.2%
Sixth form college
8.0%
10.0%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.2%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
0.6%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.6%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
7.0%
3.9%
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
82.0%
75.5%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
26.7%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.2%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.8%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022