Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
Secondary · Community school · Mixed · Hackney
Clissold Road, London, N16 9EX
75
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
90%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.3%
25.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,665
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,700 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
90%
1st preference success rate
175 of 195 families who put it first got an offer
245
Places offered
705
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 195 | 175 | ● 90% |
| 2nd preference | 121 | 35 | ● 29% |
| 3rd preference | 143 | 21 | ● 15% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 246 | 14 | ● 6% |
| Total | 705 | 245 | 35% |
1st preference success by year
Hackney lets families list 6 preferences. 177 applications came from outside the council area (58 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Zehra Jaffer
- Address
- Clissold Road, London, N16 9EX
- Phone
- 02072419600
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Ward / constituency
- Clissold · Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100279
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 41% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 22% | — | — |
| SEN support | 16% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,665 pupils · 1,700 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
06 July 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,297 pupils
Attendance
91.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
2.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.3%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 52.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.28 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 56% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 75% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.38 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.51 | — | — |
Average grade: C+ (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 48.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 46.1% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 62.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 28.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.13 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 254 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 34.7 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 14.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 168 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 253 | 23% | 52% | 69% | |
| English Language | 252 | 22% | 54% | 68% | |
| English Literature | 243 | 20% | 56% | 68% | |
| Combined Science | 181 | 11% | 45% | 57% | |
| Art and Design | 179 | 35% | 71% | 87% | |
| Geography | 104 | 30% | 55% | 64% | |
| History | 102 | 33% | 61% | 65% | |
| Social Studies | 72 | 39% | 67% | 78% | |
| Design & Technology | 66 | 30% | 64% | 74% | |
| Physics | 62 | 56% | 85% | 85% | |
| Spanish | 62 | 35% | 74% | 82% | |
| Biology | 56 | 59% | 93% | 95% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 57 | 5% | 9% | 33% | |
| Mathematics | 45 | 13% | 40% | 51% | |
| Sociology | 38 | 8% | 13% | 55% | |
| Biology | 35 | 6% | 23% | 40% | |
| Economics | 27 | 4% | 11% | 37% | |
| English Literature | 27 | 11% | 30% | 59% | |
| Photography | 26 | 23% | 50% | 69% | |
| History | 21 | 10% | 38% | 76% | |
| Chemistry | 20 | 0% | 20% | 35% | |
| Geography | 20 | 0% | 15% | 50% | |
| Film Studies | 20 | 15% | 30% | 90% | |
| Art and Design | 18 | 39% | 72% | 94% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 16597: Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | 7 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 42% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 0% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 47% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hackney council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.