Academy sponsor led · Hackney

Skinners' Academy

11–19Ages
939Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
136137URN

Woodberry Grove, London, N4 1SY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Apr 2026

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

0.7 below Hackney median (3.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hackney

280 applications for 119 places · 11th of 14 in Hackney

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

50.9of 90

Hackney 50.9 England 46.0

9th of 15 in Hackney

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 14 April 2026Published 7 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching		Expected standard
Achievement		Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision		Expected standard
Leadership and governance		Expected 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

14 April 2026
Report card · 7 Expected standard
11 May 2022
Graded inspection: Good

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

2.4applications per place, Year 7

0.7 below Hackney median (3.0) close to England median (2.2)

280 applications · 119 places offered · 98 named it first

2026 2.4; Hackney median median 3.0
2025 2.5; Hackney median median 2.9
2024 2.3; Hackney median median 3.2
2023 2.5; Hackney median median 2.6
2022 2.7; Hackney median median 3.2
2021 3.0; Hackney median median 3.6
2020 3.0; Hackney median median 4.0
2019 2.9; Hackney median median 3.9
2018 3.2; Hackney median median 3.4
2017 2.9; Hackney median median 4.1
2016 2.9; Hackney median median 4.0
2015 2.8; Hackney median median 3.8
2014 2.7; Hackney median median 3.7

More applications per place than the Hackney median in 0 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	119	280	2.4	98	0.82
Sep 2025	134	336	2.5	105	0.78
Sep 2024	175	393	2.3	150	0.86
Sep 2023	172	431	2.5	124	0.72
Sep 2022	181	495	2.7	162	0.90
Sep 2021	179	537	3.0	184	1.03
Sep 2020	177	524	3.0	172	0.97
Sep 2019	179	522	2.9	155	0.87
Sep 2018	175	554	3.2	158	0.90
Sep 2017	179	522	2.9	162	0.91
Sep 2016	175	504	2.9	139	0.79
Sep 2015	180	509	2.8	148	0.82
Sep 2014	175	463	2.7	107	0.61

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

165 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)50.99th of 15 in Hackney

Hackney 50.9 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths53%9th of 15 in Hackney

Hackney 54% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths73%

Hackney 74% England 66%

This school
Hackney median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.16

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	165	50.9	53%	73%	–
2024/25	176	46.4	42%	69%	–
2023/24	181	46.1	43%	60%	+0.16
2022/23	171	45.2	37%	59%	−0.21

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

Skinners' AcademyThis school
This school

2026

2.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
All Saints Catholic High School
1.2 km · Hackney

Good2023

2.5applications per place 48.1Attainment 8
Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)
1.4 km · Hackney

Good2022

1.6applications per place 48.2Attainment 8
Park View School
1.6 km · Haringey

Good2023

2.8applications per place 42.1Attainment 8
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School
1.7 km · Hackney

Good2024

1.0applications per place 55.8Attainment 8
Arts and Media School Islington
1.7 km · Islington

Good2023

2.1applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
Hornsey School for Girls
1.8 km · Haringey

Remains Good2022

3.2applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
1.8 km · Hackney

Remains Good2022

3.1applications per place 52.2Attainment 8
Gladesmore Community School
2.0 km · Haringey

Graded · no overall grade2024

2.2applications per place 46.5Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 136137 · 204/6909
Trust: Skinners' Academies Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,150 pupils · 939 on roll
Free school meals: 64.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2010
Replaced: The Skinners' Company's School for Girls (URN 100283)
Address: Woodberry Grove, London, N4 1SY
Local authority: Hackney

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