Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

Academy converter·Secondary school London, Tower Hamlets·E2 6NW
Composite score
56.2
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#1,704
National rank
#353
In London
#13
In Tower Hamlets
Top 54%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
45.0
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
40%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
59%
% EBacc grade 5+
23%
EBacc average points score
4.13

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
119 first choices, 143 places
First choices per place
0.83
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
374
any preference, for 143 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6720220.8020230.6420240.7420250.832026

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

Every child who put Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 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
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,419
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
67.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
64.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.2%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.6%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
20.3%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£10,378
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
95%
142 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
94%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

Mulberry Academy Shoreditch is a secondary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,419 pupils aged 11 to 19 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 45.0 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 4.6 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

40% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 59% 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 Shoreditch their first choice was offered one of its 143 Year 7 places. After Year 11, 95% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.6%. There are about 15.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 67% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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