Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Hackney
Victoria Park Road, London, E9 7HD
93
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Outstanding
Graded 24/01/2023
Application demand
61%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.5%
8.3% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
838
Capacity used
Over capacity105%
800 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
61%
1st preference success rate
146 of 239 families who put it first got an offer
165
Places offered
633
Total applications
3.8
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 239 | 146 | ● 61% |
| 2nd preference | 151 | 18 | ● 12% |
| 3rd preference | 104 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 139 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 633 | 165 | 26% |
1st preference success by year
Hackney lets families list 6 preferences. 178 applications came from outside the council area (28 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Matthew Toothe
- Address
- Victoria Park Road, Hackney, London, E9 7HD
- Phone
- 02085104550
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Ward / constituency
- Victoria · Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 140210
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 48% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 38% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THE MOSSBOURNE FEDERATION
838 pupils · 800 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
24 January 2023
Full graded inspection
Outstanding overall effectivenessPersonal development Outstanding Quality of education Outstanding Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding - 21
20 October 2021
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 852 pupils
Attendance
96.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
3.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
8.3%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.5%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.6%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 65.2 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 1.54 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 79% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 93% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 6.32 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 64.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 70.5% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 87.8% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 98.7% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 6.27 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 156 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 156 | 37% | 71% | 88% | |
| English Language | 156 | 49% | 82% | 92% | |
| History | 155 | 65% | 85% | 89% | |
| English Literature | 155 | 52% | 87% | 95% | |
| Spanish | 154 | 43% | 69% | 82% | |
| Religious Studies | 153 | 61% | 86% | 92% | |
| Combined Science | 125 | 25% | 67% | 84% | |
| Social Studies | 60 | 62% | 87% | 95% | |
| Geography | 46 | 50% | 80% | 96% | |
| Art and Design | 45 | 36% | 62% | 76% | |
| Drama | 32 | 38% | 88% | 91% | |
| Biology | 30 | 90% | 100% | 100% |
Oxbridge
No Cambridge applications recorded for this school in 2020–2025.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Hackney council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.