Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form

Community school·Secondary school London, Hackney·N16 9EX
Composite score
60.5
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#1,140
National rank
#278
In London
#9
In Hackney
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
46%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
63%
% EBacc grade 5+
16%
EBacc average points score
4.13

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
82%
210 first choices, 247 places
First choices per place
0.85
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
757
any preference, for 247 places
Applications from another council area
24%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420220.9120230.9120240.8020250.852026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form yet. Hackney does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,647
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.1%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
21.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.4%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.0%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
23.2%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£9,873
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
93%
254 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form is a secondary school serving London, Hackney, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 1,647 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 48.4 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 3.8 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of secondary schools nationally.

46% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 63% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 82% of the families who made Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 93% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 14.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 41% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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