The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 42 41.7 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 41.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 35.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 8.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.26 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[5]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	39.2[6]	28.4%[6]
2023/24	39.3[4]	23.8%[4]	-0.26[4]
2022/23	44.3[7]	37%[7]	+0.09[7]
2021/22	41.5[8]	36%[8]	-0.71[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 5.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	C[10]	0%[10]
2022/23	C-[11]	4.5%[11]
2021/22	C[12]	0%[12]
2018/19	C-[13]	2.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form: 48% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college: 17% 2022/23[14]
Further education college: 22% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[14]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[14]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	88%[15]	53%[15]	10%[15]	24%[15]	0%[15]	1%[15]
2020/21	94%[16]	53%[16]	8%[16]	29%[16]	2%[16]	1%[16]
2019/20	91%[17]	54%[17]	13%[17]	22%[17]	1%[17]	1%[17]
2018/19	95%[18]	51%[18]	7%[18]	33%[18]	2%[18]	2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education: 74% 2022/23[19]
Education: 76% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[19]
Employment: 7% 2022/23[19]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	75%[20]	59%[20]	61%[20]	4%[20]	11%[20]
2020/21	89%[21]	72%[21]	76%[21]	9%[21]	4%[21]
2019/20	78%[22]	64%[22]	73%[22]	0%[22]	4%[22]
2018/19	88%[23]	74%[23]	74%[23]	5%[23]	9%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 64% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities: 11% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities: 11% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[25]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21	78%[26]	33%[26]
2019/20	71%[25]	11%[25]	11%[25]	0%[25]
2018/19	86%[27]	16%[27]	16%[27]	0%[27]
2017/18	72%[28]	26%[28]	26%[28]	0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 5 Dec 2023[29]
Type: S5 Inspection[29]
Report published: 25 Jan 2024[29]
Personal development: Good[29]
Quality of education: Good[29]
Overall effectiveness: Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[29]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
1 Mar 2017[30]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30]	No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference): 256 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences: 67 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered: 85 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place: 0.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	245[31]	57[31]	74[31]	3.3[31]	0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024	287[31]	68[31]	122[31]	2.4[31]	0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023	317[31]	90[31]	140[31]	2.3[31]	0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2022	330[31]	79[31]	176[31]	1.9[31]	0.4[31]

Character & practicalities

Type: Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages: 11–19[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Church of England[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1050[1]
Local authority: Hackney[1]
Website: www.theurswickschool.co.uk [1]
District: Hackney [32]
Postcode: E9 6NR[1]
URN: 100284[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 803 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language: 31.3% 2024/25[33]
SEN support: 21.9% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan: 4.7% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 70.5% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 26.2%[34]
Mixed: 13%[34]
Asian: 12.4%[34]
Black: 42.6%[34]
Any other ethnic group: 5.6%[34]
Unclassified: 0.3%[34]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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