The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Hackney
Paragon Road, London, E9 6NR
56
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 05/12/2023
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
89.5%
32.9% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
752
Capacity used
Has space72%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
57 of 57 families who put it first got an offer
74
Places offered
245
Total applications
3.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 57 | 57 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 59 | 9 | ● 15% |
| 3rd preference | 60 | 3 | ● 5% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 69 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 245 | 71 | 29% |
1st preference success by year
Hackney lets families list 6 preferences. 12 applications came from outside the council area (4 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
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Oyedele Rotimi
- Address
- Paragon Road, Hackney, London, E9 6NR
- Phone
- 02089852430
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Ward / constituency
- Homerton · Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100284
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 71% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 34% | — | — |
| SEN support | 21% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
752 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
05 December 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good - 22
06 July 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 730 pupils
Attendance
89.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
10.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
32.9%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
4.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.8%
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 | 39.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.26 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 24% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 48% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.41 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.84 | — | — |
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 | 39.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 28.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 47.5% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 68.1% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.45 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 141 | — |
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 | 28.17 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 5.4% | 17% |
| A-level students | 72 | — |
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 | 140 | 10% | 33% | 51% | |
| English Language | 140 | 12% | 39% | 56% | |
| Religious Studies | 139 | 19% | 52% | 65% | |
| English Literature | 134 | 13% | 51% | 67% | |
| Combined Science | 99 | 12% | 47% | 70% | |
| History | 95 | 14% | 43% | 58% | |
| Social Studies | 61 | 15% | 39% | 51% | |
| Spanish | 60 | 13% | 22% | 35% | |
| Biology | 36 | 0% | 0% | 3% | |
| Art and Design | 32 | 0% | 3% | 34% | |
| Chinese | 26 | 19% | 42% | 69% | |
| Computer Science | 25 | 20% | 44% | 60% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 12 | 8% | 67% | 75% | |
| Religious Studies | 12 | 0% | 8% | 33% | |
| Sociology | 11 | 18% | 18% | 36% | |
| Physics | 10 | 0% | 10% | 30% | |
| Psychology | 10 | 0% | 20% | 50% | |
| Law | 9 | 11% | 33% | 56% | |
| Photography | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| History | 8 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Art and Design | 8 | 0% | 0% | 38% | |
| English Literature | 8 | 0% | 13% | 50% | |
| Government and Politics | 7 | 14% | 29% | 57% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 17% | 67% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 19051: The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
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) | 59% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 61% | — | — |
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.