Cardinal Pole Catholic School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Hackney
205 Morning Lane, London, E9 6LG
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.6%
25.1% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
980
Capacity used
Has space86%
1,140 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
108 of 108 families who put it first got an offer
138
Places offered
306
Total applications
2.2
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 108 | 108 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 53 | 12 | ● 23% |
| 3rd preference | 63 | 9 | ● 14% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 82 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 306 | 130 | 42% |
Hackney lets families list 6 preferences. 23 applications came from outside the council area (12 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
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Adam Hall
- Address
- 205 Morning Lane, Hackney, London, E9 6LG
- Phone
- 02089855150
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Ward / constituency
- Homerton · Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150604
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 68% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: LUX MUNDI CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
980 pupils · 1,140 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
09 March 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 860 pupils
Attendance
91.6%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.4%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.1%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.1%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
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 over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 42.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 28.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 60.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 67.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.83 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 155 | — |
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 | 32.9 | 35 |
| Average grade | C+ | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 4.5% | 17% |
| A-level students | 88 | — |
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 | 154 | 10% | 31% | 64% | |
| English Language | 154 | 9% | 42% | 64% | |
| Religious Studies | 153 | 22% | 58% | 71% | |
| English Literature | 151 | 9% | 54% | 75% | |
| Combined Science | 133 | 3% | 27% | 52% | |
| Geography | 84 | 10% | 42% | 56% | |
| History | 68 | 16% | 37% | 57% | |
| Spanish | 55 | 20% | 40% | 53% | |
| French | 54 | 9% | 43% | 63% | |
| Art and Design | 38 | 42% | 89% | 92% | |
| Drama | 36 | 3% | 50% | 69% | |
| Social Studies | 28 | 0% | 25% | 46% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 54 | 4% | 6% | 41% | |
| Sociology | 40 | 3% | 13% | 50% | |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 0% | 5% | 38% | |
| Economics | 19 | 5% | 26% | 42% | |
| Mathematics | 18 | 11% | 39% | 50% | |
| Chemistry | 16 | 0% | 13% | 38% | |
| Government and Politics | 14 | 0% | 14% | 36% | |
| Biology | 13 | 0% | 8% | 31% | |
| History | 10 | 10% | 30% | 70% | |
| English Literature | 9 | 11% | 11% | 22% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 9 | 0% | 0% | 11% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 7 | 0% | 0% | 29% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #160 of 1,018 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 11875: Cardinal Pole Catholic School
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| 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.
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.