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Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

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  • ages 11–19
  • Mixed
  • Tower Hamlets
  • E2 6NW
  • Sixth form

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 1,753 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 54%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 21%21%2016/17: top 36%2017/18: top 36%2018/19: top 50%2021/22: top 34%2022/23: top 33%2023/24: top 31%2024/25: top 54%No exams

A-level results

#415 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 845 · London 50.13/10 Below−20.5 pts since 21/22
Grade 5+ English and maths39.5% · London 51.8%3/10 Below−26.3 pts since 21/22
EBacc point score4.13 · London 4.564/10 Below−21.4 pts since 21/22
Progress 8 · 2023/24+0.01 · London +0.323/10 Below−10.1 pts since 18/19
A level points per entry25.8 · London 34.71/10 Well below London
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 54.8 · 145 pupils · London 522016/17: 48.6 · 176 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 48.5 · 169 pupils · London 492018/19: 46.1 · 157 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 51.9 · 168 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 49.4 · 142 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 49.6 · 202 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 45 · 167 pupils · London 50.1554.845No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 44% · 176 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 44% · 169 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 45% · 157 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 57% · 168 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 57% · 142 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 50.5% · 202 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 39.5% · 167 pupils · London 51.8%57%39.5%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 28.81 · 55 pupils · London 29.292016/17: 27.18 · 53 pupils · London 30.582017/18: 28.39 · 43 pupils · London 30.892018/19: 26.45 · 49 pupils · London 31.532021/22: 29.23 · 97 pupils · London 36.842022/23: 25.3 · 112 pupils · London 33.82023/24: 29.12 · 139 pupils · London 33.672024/25: 25.8 · 123 pupils · London 34.729.2325.3No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
119 of 119 who put it first2014 · 100.0%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st119119
2nd8915
3rd704

No last distance offered published

Inspections · 2005–2022

  1. 2005Inadequateas predecessor
  2. 2007Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  4. 2012Outstanding
  5. 2022Good

5 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

0 weak areas

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · 2 points to improve

Read what Ofsted said (6)

From Ofsted report, inspected Sep 2022

Strengths

  • “Excellence describes many aspects of Mulberry Academy Shoreditch and what it provides for its pupils.”
  • “For example, there is a huge range of out-of-class activities aimed at enriching pupils’ learning and experiences.”
  • “These include skiing trips, overseas visits, the STEM Academy and many after-school clubs and activities.”

To improve

  • “There are a few subjects where the curriculum is not planned as effectively as it is elsewhere.”
  • “Aims need to be suitably ambitious for all pupils, so that expectations are high for all.”
  • “This includes reading, where the implementation of well-founded plans for a phonics programme needs to be further embedded.”

Ofsted inspection report extracts, Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 20261,457
Free school meals (past 6 years)67.3%
First language not English64.1%
SEN support12.2%
EHC plan4.8%
Absence (sessions missed)6.7%
Persistently absent pupils19.2%

Girls 46.7%Boys 53.3%

132.5% full · 1,100 places · 569 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher14.7
Pupils per adult11.3
  • Classroom teachers 84.2
  • Leadership 14.6
  • Teaching assistants 19.4
  • Other support 31.1

Teachers 98.8 FTE · Whole workforce 149.3 · 159 people

Financials · 2024/25

Income per pupil£10,889
Spend per pupil£10,378
Staff spend per pupil£7,879
Reserve per pupil£588
  • +£835,000revenue reserve
  • +£724,000in-year balance

Grants £11,179 · self-generated £111 · premises £512 per pupil

Multi-academy trust: MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST (8 academies) · trust reserve £13,692,000 · 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

202 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained96%
  • Education96%
  • Apprenticeship0%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained3%
  • Unknown1%

After sixth form (16–18)

247 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained74.9%
  • Education55.5%
  • Higher education51.8%
  • Apprenticeship2.4%
  • Employment17%
  • Not sustained17.8%
  • Unknown7.3%