Mulberry Academy Woodside

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Haringey·N22 5QJ
Composite score
60.5
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#1,140
National rank
#278
In London
#7
In Haringey
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
48.4
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
48%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
69%
% EBacc grade 5+
26%
EBacc average points score
4.49

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
153 first choices, 220 places
First choices per place
0.69
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
461
any preference, for 220 places
Applications from another council area
19%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.03
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1 per place
0.9020220.7020230.6620240.7220250.692026

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

Every child who put Mulberry Academy Woodside first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,156
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
41.4%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
47.3%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.6%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.5%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
18.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.3
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,391
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
89%
231 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
87%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

Mulberry Academy Woodside at a glance

Located in London, Haringey, Mulberry Academy Woodside is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 1,156 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 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 risen by 2.6 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of secondary schools nationally.

48% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, in line with the national average of about 45%. 69% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Mulberry Academy Woodside their first choice was offered one of its 220 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 89% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 16.3 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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