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Academy sponsor led · Hackney

Mossbourne Community Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 1,432Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 134693URN

100 Downs Park Road, Hackney, London, E5 8JY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected May 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
5.3per place
2.3 above Hackney median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hackney

1,089 applications for 204 places · 1st of 14 in Hackney
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
67.2of 90
1st of 15 in Hackney
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 6 May 2026Published 15 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExceptional
AchievementExceptional
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExceptional
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 6 May 2026
    Report card · 3 Exceptional, 2 Strong standard, 2 Expected standard
  2. 28 September 2021
    Graded inspection: Outstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
5.3applications per place, Year 7
2.3 above Hackney median (3.0) 3.1 above England median (2.2)

1,089 applications · 204 places offered · 358 named it first

  1. 2026 5.3; Hackney median median 3.0
  2. 2025 6.0; Hackney median median 2.9
  3. 2024 6.2; Hackney median median 3.2
  4. 2023 6.8; Hackney median median 2.6
  5. 2022 7.0; Hackney median median 3.2
  6. 2021 7.6; Hackney median median 3.6
  7. 2020 7.7; Hackney median median 4.0
  8. 2019 7.7; Hackney median median 3.9
  9. 2018 8.2; Hackney median median 3.4
  10. 2017 7.9; Hackney median median 4.1
  11. 2016 8.7; Hackney median median 4.0
  12. 2015 8.5; Hackney median median 3.8
  13. 2014 8.5; Hackney median median 3.7
More applications per place than the Hackney median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hackney median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262041,0895.33581.75
Sep 20252041,2196.04252.08
Sep 20242041,2606.24432.17
Sep 20232031,3776.85042.48
Sep 20222121,4787.05452.57
Sep 20212011,5267.65002.49
Sep 20202001,5327.74862.43
Sep 20192051,5747.75192.53
Sep 20182071,6878.25792.80
Sep 20172091,6537.95652.70
Sep 20161841,5988.75172.81
Sep 20151861,5748.55082.73
Sep 20141851,5648.55312.87

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

202 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)67.21st of 15 in Hackney
Grade 5 or above in English and maths81%1st of 15 in Hackney
Grade 4 or above in English and maths88%
  • This school
  • Hackney median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.47
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20267.281%88%–
2024/2520665.170%88%–
2023/2420664.072%85%+1.47
2022/2321163.674%86%+1.24

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
134693 · 204/6905
Trust
The Mossbourne Federation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,400 pupils · 1,432 on roll
Free school meals
51.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2004
Address
100 Downs Park Road, Hackney, London, E5 8JY
Local authority
Hackney

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources