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Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

  • 11–18Ages
  • 838Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 140210URN

Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 7HD · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework

Outstanding
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.1per place
1.1 above Hackney median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hackney

653 applications for 159 places · 5th of 14 in Hackney
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
65.1of 90
2nd of 15 in Hackney
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Outstanding · 24 January 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 24 January 2023
    Graded inspection: Outstanding
  2. 20 October 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Improving)

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
4.1applications per place, Year 7
1.1 above Hackney median (3.0) 1.9 above England median (2.2)

653 applications · 159 places offered · 229 named it first

  1. 2026 4.1; Hackney median median 3.0
  2. 2025 3.8; Hackney median median 2.9
  3. 2024 4.7; Hackney median median 3.2
  4. 2023 4.8; Hackney median median 2.6
  5. 2022 4.8; Hackney median median 3.2
  6. 2021 5.4; Hackney median median 3.6
  7. 2020 4.9; Hackney median median 4.0
  8. 2019 5.3; Hackney median median 3.9
  9. 2018 5.0; Hackney median median 3.4
  10. 2017 5.6; Hackney median median 4.1
  11. 2016 5.3; Hackney median median 4.0
  12. 2015 5.1; Hackney median median 3.8
  13. 2014 5.7; 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 20261596534.12291.44
Sep 20251656333.82391.45
Sep 20241607564.72451.53
Sep 20231637744.82641.62
Sep 20221677994.82201.32
Sep 20211608645.42581.61
Sep 20201668054.92231.34
Sep 20191648755.32271.38
Sep 20181708425.02211.30
Sep 20171659255.62331.41
Sep 20161588345.32111.34
Sep 20151326735.11361.03
Sep 20141116285.71331.20

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

162 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)65.12nd of 15 in Hackney
Grade 5 or above in English and maths75%2nd of 15 in Hackney
Grade 4 or above in English and maths85%
  • This school
  • Hackney median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+1.54
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)16265.175%85%–
2024/2515664.371%88%–
2023/2416265.279%93%+1.54
2022/2315865.373%88%+1.15

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
140210 · 204/4003
Trust
The Mossbourne Federation
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
800 pupils · 838 on roll
Free school meals
48.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2014
Address
Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 7HD
Local authority
Hackney

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