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Mossbourne Riverside Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Sponsored academy
East Bay Lane, London E15 2GW · mra.mossbourne.org · 020 8173 0650
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Nov 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 92%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hackney 76%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 602
- 96% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 20.3%
- First language not English
- 15.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 106 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 56% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 59 | 106 | 1.8▲ | 56% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 109 | 1.2▲ | 82% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 96 | 1.1▲ | 93% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 90 | 102 | 1.1▲ | 86% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 131 | 1.5▲ | 69% |
Results
In 2024/25, 92% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 33% the higher standard. Across Hackney it was 76%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲92% | 62% | ||
| ▲33% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲111 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲110 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 6 November 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Mossbourne Riverside Academy was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 5 Nov 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Apr 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Apr 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (128 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 128
- 21% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 37% who had a child bullied
based on 12 parents (9%) with SEND