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Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 52 52.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
54.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.28 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 48.4[6] 46.1%[6]
2023/24 52.2[4] 56.2%[4] +0.28[4]
2022/23 48.2[7] 46%[7] -0.19[7]
2021/22 52.9[8] 54%[8] -0.07[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
14.3% 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 C+[10] 19.2%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 11.2%[11]
2021/22 B[12] 24.7%[12]
2018/19 C+[13] 19.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
51% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
7% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
32% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 94%[15] 63%[15] 7%[15] 22%[15] 0%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 96%[16] 61%[16] 5%[16] 26%[16] 2%[16] 1%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 64%[17] 6%[17] 24%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 68%[18] 4%[18] 21%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
79% 2022/23[19]
Education
49% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
28% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 76%[20] 47%[20] 0%[20] 30%[20]
2020/21 80%[21] 60%[21] 1%[21] 20%[21]
2019/20 76%[22] 60%[22] 2%[22] 15%[22]
2018/19 78%[23] 47%[23] 1%[23] 30%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
46% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
32% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 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 81%[26] 46%[26]
2019/20 74%[25] 36%[25] 32%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 33%[27] 30%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 34%[28] 30%[28] 1%[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
5 Jul 2022[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
21 Sep 2022[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Mar 2017[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.1 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
757 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
210 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
247 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 705[31] 195[31] 245[31] 2.9[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024 800[31] 227[31] 249[31] 3.2[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2023 844[31] 220[31] 241[31] 3.5[31] 0.9[31]
Entry Sept 2022 914[31] 242[31] 256[31] 3.6[31] 0.9[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1700[1]
Local authority
Hackney[1]
Website
http://www.sns.hackney.sch.uk/[1]
District
Hackney[32]
Postcode
N16 9EX[1]
URN
100279[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1647 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
21.4% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
20.2% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.4% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
41.1% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
57.5%[34]
Mixed
14.5%[34]
Asian
6.5%[34]
Black
14.4%[34]
Any other ethnic group
4.8%[34]
Unclassified
2.3%[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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    Quote
    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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