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Mossbourne Community Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 67 67.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B+ B+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
67.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
81.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
47% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+1.47 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 65.1[6] 70.4%[6]
2023/24 64[4] 72.3%[4] +1.47[4]
2022/23 63.6[7] 74%[7] +1.24[7]
2021/22 63.2[8] 74%[8] +0.84[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
38.8% 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 B+[10] 37.6%[10]
2022/23 B+[11] 38.8%[11]
2021/22 A-[12] 43.3%[12]
2018/19 B-[13] 25.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
69% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
9% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
19% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2021/22[15]
Employment
0% 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 95%[15] 70%[15] 10%[15] 15%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 63%[16] 9%[16] 23%[16] 0%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 74%[17] 9%[17] 14%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 67%[18] 8%[18] 20%[18] 1%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[19]
Education
72% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
13% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[20] 68%[20] 1%[20] 19%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 76%[21] 1%[21] 16%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 78%[22] 1%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 86%[23] 71%[23] 2%[23] 13%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
91% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
60% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
50% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
7% 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 89%[26] 61%[26]
2019/20 92%[25] 55%[25] 50%[25] 7%[25]
2018/19 85%[27] 47%[27] 44%[27] 8%[27]
2017/18 81%[28] 57%[28] 53%[28] 6%[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
6 May 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
15 Jul 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Exceptional[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Exceptional[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Exceptional[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
28 Sep 2021[30] S5 Inspection[30] Outstanding[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
5.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1089 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
358 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
204 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.8 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1219[31] 425[31] 204[31] 6.0[31] 2.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1260[31] 443[31] 204[31] 6.2[31] 2.2[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1377[31] 504[31] 203[31] 6.8[31] 2.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1478[31] 545[31] 212[31] 7.0[31] 2.6[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
THE MOSSBOURNE FEDERATION[1]
Local authority
Hackney[1]
Website
https://www.mossbourne.org/mca-home[1]
District
Hackney[32]
Postcode
E5 8JY[1]
URN
134693[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1441 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
47.5% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51.3% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
35.5%[34]
Mixed
11.4%[34]
Asian
17%[34]
Black
30%[34]
Any other ethnic group
5.5%[34]
Unclassified
0.7%[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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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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