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Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form

Secondary · London · N16 9EX

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 6 July 2022

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At a glance

1,665 pupils · 98% of 1,700 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
40.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
21.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
20.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
http://www.sns.hackney.sch.uk/
URN
100279

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 210 families named it first for 247 Year 7 places, 0.85 first choices per place. We hold 11 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2011 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 6 July 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 9.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

247 places offered · 210 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Band A
7.21 miles
Band B
0.877 miles
Band C
0.754 miles
Band D
0.8 miles

Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

254 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
48.4
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
62.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
46.1%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.1
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) C+
34.7
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school48.4
Median of its 12 closest peers40.4
Hackney average50.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Marriotts SchoolStevenage · 24 miles awayExpected standard42.4
Bristol Brunel AcademyBristol · 105 miles awayGood43.6
Ormiston Shelfield Community AcademyWalsall · 108 miles awayGood38.4
Holmleigh Park High SchoolGloucester · 95 miles awayGood41.8
Chase High SchoolWestcliff-on-Sea · 33 miles awayNeeds attention39.2
Dunraven SchoolLONDON · 9 miles awayGood49.7
Shoeburyness High SchoolSouthend-on-Sea · 37 miles awayGood37.6
Cardinal Heenan Catholic High SchoolLiverpool · 175 miles awayNeeds attention40.9
The Aylesbury Vale AcademyAylesbury · 38 miles awayGood39.8
Cheney SchoolOxford · 51 miles awayGood46
The Radcliffe SchoolMilton Keynes · 47 miles awayRequires improvement38.2
University Academy HolbeachSpalding · 87 miles awayRequires improvement39.9

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 32% (Hackney 18%, England 59%) · Any other White background 24% (Hackney 17%, England 7%) · Black African 8% (Hackney 20%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Hackney 6%, England 3%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Hackney 6%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Hackney 7%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Hackney 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (Hackney 3%, England 4%) · Not recorded 2% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 2% (Hackney 4%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Hackney 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hackney 2%, England 3%) · White Irish 1% (Hackney 1%, England 0%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Hackney 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

15.97 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hackney: 19.50 suspensions and 0.35 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
15.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

84% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

77.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.4 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £59,871; 12.7% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,340
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 81% (77%) · premises 5% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 5% (7%) · supplies and services 9% (10%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 1% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £687,022; in-year balance -£405,162

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
93%
Continuing in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
38%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
28%
Any sustained destination
79%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher65.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications7.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work56.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways13.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier44.8%62.3%
Social housing23.4%17.1%
Privately rented31.6%20.5%
Detached houses0.1%22.9%
Flats78.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms20.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van51.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001737 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£635,0001,225 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£485,000–£960,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (6)£1,798,500
Semi-detached (19)£1,551,000
Terraced (278)£1,407,500
Flat (922)£561,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
71an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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