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Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Academy

Gosset Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 6NW · mulberryacademyshoreditch.org · 020 7920 7900

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
GCSEs, 2024/25
45
average Attainment 8 score. Tower Hamlets 47.4, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Tower Hamlets Council
Demand for places
0.8
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,457
357 over 1,100 places · 132%
Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
53.4%
First language not English
63.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Mulberry Schools Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 119 families put the school first and 143 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

Demand for places

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 115 (Places 172)115September 2023: 138 (Places 172)138September 2024: 93 (Places 145)93September 2025: 101 (Places 137)101September 2026: 119 (Places 143)119Places 143
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261431190.8100%
September 2025Sept 20251371010.7100%
September 2024Sept 2024145930.6100%
September 2023Sept 20231721380.886%
September 2022Sept 20221721150.7100%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – All applicantsDistance
September 2026All
September 2025All
Year 7 – Band A: DistanceDistance
September 20241.02 mi1.64 km
Year 7 – Band B: DistanceDistance
September 20241.36 mi2.19 km
Year 7 – Band C: DistanceDistance
September 20241.67 mi2.69 km
Year 7 – Band D: DistanceDistance
September 20241.66 mi2.68 km

The prospectus says no one was refused a place: everyone who applied was offered one.

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 45, and 39.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Tower Hamlets it was 47.4, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (25.8 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 48.6 (England 46.3)48.62017/18: 48.5 (England 46.5)48.52018/19: 46.1 (England 46.7)46.12021/22: 51.9 (England 48.8)51.92022/23: 49.4 (England 46.3)49.42023/24: 49.6 (England 45.9)49.62024/25: 45.0 (England 46.0)45.0England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●4546
▼39.5%45.4%
▼59.3%64.8%
▲60.5%40.5%
●4.134.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form90.1+5.6
Sixth form college0.5−0.1
Further education5.4−6.5
Not in a lasting destination3+1.2
Activity not captured1−0.2

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 28.8 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 27.2 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 28.4 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 26.5 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 29.2 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 25.3 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 29.1 (England 34.4)C2024/25: 25.8 (England 35.0)C-England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
123 studentsC- (25.8)Below average -0.38
124 studentsC- (25.8)Below average -0.38
149 studentsMerit+ (29.3)Average +0.12
4.6%AAB or better
89.5%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24139C (29.1)-0.08
2022/23112C- (25.3)—
2021/2297C (29.2)—
2018/1949C- (26.5)-0.22
2017/1843C (28.4)-0.42
2016/1753C- (27.2)-0.40
2015/1655C (28.8)-0.23

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University51.8−14.9
Further and other education3.7+1.9
Further education2.8—
Other education0.8—
Apprenticeship2.4+1.2
Employment17+5.1
Not in a lasting destination17.8+7.7
Activity not captured7.3−1

Ofsted

Mulberry Academy Shoreditch was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
14 Sept 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding
Sixth formGood

Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Dec 2012

Earlier inspections

Before September 2019

  • Dec 2012Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
  • Dec 2009Requires improvement
    Outcomes for pupilsRequires improvement
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementGood

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (71 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
89%
Replies
71
6% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▲93% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe▲96% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved●83% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●81% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well▼80% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼77% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing▼77% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼85% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development●76% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼69% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 68% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▲51% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 35% who had a child bullied

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