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Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy

Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London E9 7HD · mossbourne.org · 020 8510 4550

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Overview

Ofsted
Outstanding
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
64.3
average Attainment 8 score. Hackney 50.5, England 46
Last distance offered
0.33 mi
0.52 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Hackney Council
Demand for places
1.4
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
838
38 over 800 places · 105%
Local authority
Hackney
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
48.4%
First language not English
39.1%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Mossbourne Federation

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 0.33 mi (525 m) from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.36 mi (578 m). Its other admission rules have their own figures. Source: Hackney Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 229 families put the school first and 159 places were offered; 66% 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: 220 (Places 167)220September 2023: 264 (Places 163)264September 2024: 245 (Places 160)245September 2025: 239 (Places 165)239September 2026: 229 (Places 159)229Places 159
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261592291.4▲66%
September 2025Sept 20251652391.4▲61%
September 2024Sept 20241602451.5▲59%
September 2023Sept 20231632641.6▲56%
September 2022Sept 20221672201.3▲62%

Last distance offered

Year 7 – Band A: DistanceDistance
September 20260.33 mi0.52 km
September 20250.36 mi0.58 km
September 20240.68 mi1.09 km
Year 7 – Band B: DistanceDistance
September 20260.59 mi0.96 km
September 20250.51 mi0.83 km
September 20240.41 mi0.66 km
Year 7 – Band C: DistanceDistance
September 20260.90 mi1.45 km
September 20250.93 mi1.50 km
September 20240.37 mi0.59 km
Year 7 – Band D: DistanceDistance
September 20260.97 mi1.56 km
September 20251.17 mi1.88 km
September 20240.45 mi0.73 km

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 64.3, and 70.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Hackney it was 50.5, and across England 46.

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252018/19: 58.6 (England 46.7)58.62021/22: 64.8 (England 48.8)64.82022/23: 65.3 (England 46.3)65.32023/24: 65.2 (England 45.9)65.22024/25: 64.3 (England 46.0)64.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲64.346.0
▲70.5%45.4%
▲87.8%64.8%
▲98.7%40.5%
▲6.274.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form72.8+8
Sixth form college4.3−5.8
Further education17.9+1.5
Employment0.6−1.3
Not in a lasting destination1.9−3.1
Activity not captured2.5+1.2

Ofsted

Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Outstanding
Inspected
24 Jan 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationOutstanding
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementOutstanding

Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Oct 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Oct 2021Ungraded inspectionImproving
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2016Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    SafeguardingEffective

What parents said

78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (177 replies, to 1 January 2024).

Recommend
78%
Replies
177
21% · 1 Jan 2024
Child is happy at school▼74% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼87% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▲92% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲93% agreeEngland 83%
Child does well●86% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▼58% agreeEngland 83%
Told how child is doing▼75% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects▼78% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities●88% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼64% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼54% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼36% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 33% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼63% agreeEngland 67%

based on 30 parents (17%) with SEND

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