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Clapton Girls' Academy

SecondaryPost 16

Hackney · London · E5 0RB www.clapton.hackney.sch.uk

Pupils
1,169
cap. 1,200
Ages
11 - 19
Gender
Girls
Funding
State
Academy

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspection

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Latest inspection
22 May 2024
Outstanding

Inspection outcome

Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Sixth form provision
Outstanding

Other Ofsted reports

2 reports
21 May 2013
Full inspectionOutstanding
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14 Feb 2012
Academy conversion letter
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

Last published allocation was 1,424 m (straight line).

Offer day 2 Mar 2026 · Sep 2026 entry · Last criterion: Banded last-offer (straight-line NLPG). Published maximum distances (miles): Band A 0.614; Band B 0.746; Band C 0.747; Band D 0.885; Band E 0.758. Stored figure is the furthest published last-offer (Band D 0.885 miles), not a blended figure across bands.

This does not guarantee you will get a place.

Hackney allocation table

Admissions policy · Non-selective

This school is in Hackney. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

GCSE 9–4
82%
+3pp
LA
71%
England
66%
83%80%77%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
GCSE 5+
63%
+1pp
LA
50%
England
46%
71%65%58%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Attainment 8
59.4
+1.6
LA
50.7
England
46.8
61.457.854.1
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
EBacc entry
45%
+15pp
LA
58%
England
41%
52%41%30%
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EBacc APS
9.3
+0.7
LA
7.0
England
7.7
9.48.88.1
'18'19'22'23'24'25

Key Stage 4 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

Progress 8 compared with other schools

Progress 8 (2023/24 cohort)+0.84
Well above average
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Sixth form

Key Stage 5 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

A-level APS
38.8
+1.6
LA
36.1
England
32.4
44.138.232.4
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
A-level value added
-0.01
0
LA
+0.07
+0.3+0.10.0
'17'18'19'24'25
AAB+ in facilitating subjects
15%
-3pp
LA
13%
England
14%
30%20%10%
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25
Average A-level grade
B
0
B+B-C+
'17'18'19'22'23'24'25

Value added compared with other schools

A-level value added-0.01
Average
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Destinations

Pupils staying in education or entering apprenticeships or employment

After Key Stage 4 · 2024/25

93%

staying in education or employment

4% did not stay in education or employment

3% no destination recorded

Education92%
Apprenticeships1%
Employment0%

After 16 to 18 study · 2024/25

74%

staying in education or employment

17% did not stay in education or employment

9% no destination recorded

Education62%
Apprenticeships5%
Employment7%

Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll
1,185
cap. 1,200
1,2121,1831,154
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Pupil : teacher ratio
14.7
LA AVG 18.97:1
18.116.114.1
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EAL
29%
LA AVG 36.86%
51%40%29%
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FSM eligible
39%
LA AVG 49.66%
51%42%32%
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SEN
19%
LA AVG 18.18%
19%13%8%
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Overall absence
7%
LA
8%
England
9%
8%6%4%
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Persistent absence
19%
LA
23%
England
24%
24%15%6%
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Overview

AddressLaura Place, Lower Clapton Road, London, E5 0RB
Telephone02089856641
Local authorityHackney
PhaseSecondary with sixth form
School typeAcademy
Pupil : teacher ratio14.7:1
AdmissionsNon-selective
Religious characterDoes not apply
Finance£9991 spend / pupil£9717 income / pupil2024-25 · AARView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Became an academy 1 Sep 2011 (was URN 100278)

Secondary — Key Stage 4

GCSE attainment and Progress 8 — how pupils progressed from KS2 to KS4.

YearGCSE 9–4GCSE 5+Attainment 8Progress 8EBacc entryEBacc APSCohort
2024/2582%63%59.4Not applicable45%9.3175
2023/2478%62%57.8+0.8430%8.6175
2022/2379%65%57.4+0.5540%8.7173
2021/2283%70%61.4+0.3940%9.4175
2018/1983%71%58.7+0.7240%8.8174
2017/1877%58%54.8+0.5538%8.1172
2016/1780%62%54.1+0.4952%175
More fields
YearEBacc lang entry
2024/2550%
2023/2437%
2022/2345%
2021/2249%
2018/1948%
2017/1849%
2016/1756%

Sixth form — Key Stage 5

YearA-level APSAvg gradeVA progressAAB+Cohort
2024/2538.8B-0.0115%164
2023/2437.2B--0.0218%146
2022/2339.2B16%144
2021/2244.1B+30%145
2018/1935.7B-+0.2012%115
2017/1833.1C++0.2710%118
2016/1732.4C++0.2710%119

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/251,18514.719%29%39%7%19%
2023/241,19415.116%31%38%8%21%
2022/231,16714.616%34%40%8%22%
2021/221,19615.115%38%41%8%24%
2020/211,21214.813%40%32%
2018/191,18518.18%47%44%4%6%
2017/181,17014.18%48%48%4%7%
2016/171,15414.912%51%51%4%7%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.