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Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,457Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 137789URN

Gosset Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6NW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.6per place
0.3 above Tower Hamlets median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Tower Hamlets

374 applications for 143 places · 7th of 15 in Tower Hamlets
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
46.5of 90
14th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 14 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth form provisionGood

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
2.6applications per place, Year 7
0.3 above Tower Hamlets median (2.3) 0.4 above England median (2.2)

374 applications · 143 places offered · 119 named it first

  1. 2026 2.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.7; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  3. 2024 2.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
  4. 2023 2.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  5. 2022 2.2; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
  6. 2021 1.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.6
  7. 2020 1.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  8. 2019 1.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
  9. 2018 2.7; Tower Hamlets median median 3.0
  10. 2017 2.9; Tower Hamlets median median 3.2
  11. 2016 3.1; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
  12. 2015 3.6; Tower Hamlets median median 3.6
  13. 2014 3.3; Tower Hamlets median median 3.3
More applications per place than the Tower Hamlets median in 1 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets 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 20261433742.61190.83
Sep 20251373632.71010.74
Sep 20241453812.6930.64
Sep 20231724232.51380.80
Sep 20221723862.21150.67
Sep 20211823401.91160.64
Sep 20202043001.5930.46
Sep 20192003031.51140.57
Sep 20181193252.7970.82
Sep 20171765172.91560.89
Sep 20161815693.11390.77
Sep 20151776293.61660.94
Sep 20141805923.31210.67

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

166 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)46.514th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%9th of 17 in Tower Hamlets
Grade 4 or above in English and maths69%
  • This school
  • Tower Hamlets median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.01
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16646.551%69%–
2024/2516745.040%59%–
2023/2420249.651%75%+0.01
2022/2314249.457%65%+0.47

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

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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 converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
137789 · 211/4284
Trust
Mulberry Schools Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,100 pupils · 1,457 on roll
Free school meals
53.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2012
Replaced
Bethnal Green Technology College (URN 100971)
Address
Gosset Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 6NW
Local authority
Tower Hamlets

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