Secondary school

Skinners' Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Hackney
  • N4 1SY
  • Sixth form
Ofsted report card · inspected Apr 2026

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,502 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 46%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 47%47%2016/17: top 46%2017/18: top 38%38% · 2017/182018/19: top 47%2021/22: top 52%2022/23: top 53%2023/24: top 48%2024/25: top 46%No exams

A-level results

#294 of 438 London sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against London

Attainment 846.4 · London 50.14/10 Below+5.1 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths42% · London 51.8%3/10 Below
EBacc point score4.23 · London 4.564/10 Below+8.1 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.16 · London +0.324/10 Below−9.3 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry32.61 · London 34.74/10 Below+25.3 pts since 21/22
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 50.5 · 168 pupils · London 522016/17: 46.7 · 170 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 48.2 · 167 pupils · London 492018/19: 46.7 · 170 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 48.1 · 173 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 45.2 · 171 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 46.1 · 181 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 46.4 · 176 pupils · London 50.1550.545.2No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 43% · 170 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 43% · 167 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 48% · 170 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 49% · 173 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 37% · 171 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 43.1% · 181 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 42% · 176 pupils · London 51.8%49%37%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: withheld2016/17: 28.68 · 40 pupils · London 30.582017/18: 30.37 · 44 pupils · London 30.892018/19: 29.79 · 52 pupils · London 31.532021/22: 30.9 · 56 pupils · London 36.842022/23: 26.91 · 47 pupils · London 33.82023/24: 30.92 · 67 pupils · London 33.672024/25: 32.61 · 43 pupils · London 34.732.6126.91No exams

Withheld 2015/16

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
98 of 98 who put it first2014 · 93.5%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st9898
2nd449
3rd486
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27Varies by rule
  • 2025/26Varies by rule
  • 2024/25Varies by rule
  • 2023/24Varies by rule
  • 2022/23Varies by rule
  • 2021/22Varies by rule
  • 2020/21Varies by rule
  • 2019/20Varies by rule

Inspections · 2006–2026

  • InclusionExpected
  • AchievementExpected
  • Curriculum and teachingExpected
  • Attendance and behaviourExpected
  • Leadership and governanceExpected
  • Personal development and wellbeingExpected
  • Post-16 provisionExpected
  • SafeguardingMet
  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Goodas predecessor
  3. 2013Good
  4. 2017Ungraded visit
  5. 2022Good
  6. 2026Lowest Expected

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026939
Free school meals (past 6 years)59.5%
First language not English64.1%
SEN support11.3%
EHC plan4.3%
Absence (sessions missed)10.8%
Persistently absent pupils36.5%

Girls 45.4%Boys 54.6%

81.7% full · 1,150 places · 102 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher47.0
Pupils per adult29.3
  • Classroom teachers 10
  • Leadership 10
  • Teaching assistants 7
  • Other support 14.2

Teachers 20 FTE · Whole workforce 41.2 · 42 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£11,212
Spend per pupil£10,638
Staff spend per pupil£8,377
Reserve per pupil£3,550
  • +£3,511,000revenue reserve
  • +£568,000in-year balance

Grants £11,166 · self-generated £211 · premises £614 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST (6 academies) · trust reserve £5,522,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

181 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained90.6%
  • Education89%
  • Apprenticeship1.1%
  • Employment0.6%
  • Not sustained6.6%
  • Unknown2.8%

After sixth form (16–18)

86 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained91.9%
  • Education82.6%
  • Higher education79.1%
  • Apprenticeship1.2%
  • Employment8.1%
  • Not sustained3.5%
  • Unknown4.7%