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Skinners' Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 51 50.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
50.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
52.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
21.2% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.16 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 46.4[6] 42%[6]
2023/24 46.1[4] 43.1%[4] +0.16[4]
2022/23 45.2[7] 37%[7] -0.21[7]
2021/22 48.1[8] 49%[8] -0.34[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
6.1% 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] 4.5%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 5%[11]
2021/22 C[12] 5.3%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 4.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
35% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
18% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
35% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 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] 51%[15] 13%[15] 29%[15] 0%[15] 0%[15]
2020/21 93%[16] 37%[16] 13%[16] 41%[16] 1%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 41%[17] 17%[17] 35%[17] 0%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 43%[18] 12%[18] 39%[18] 1%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
82% 2022/23[19]
Education
66% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 90%[20] 78%[20] 1%[20] 11%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 72%[21] 5%[21] 14%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 80%[22] 7%[22] 1%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 84%[23] 2%[23] 8%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
19% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
28% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 82%[26] 29%[26]
2019/20 90%[25] 30%[25] 28%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 87%[27] 23%[27] 20%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 24%[28] 24%[28] 0%[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
14 Apr 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
7 Jun 2026[29]
Inclusion
Expected standard[29]
Achievement
Expected standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Expected standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
11 May 2022[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
22 Mar 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
280 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
98 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
119 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 336[32] 105[32] 134[32] 2.5[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 393[32] 150[32] 175[32] 2.2[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2023 431[32] 124[32] 172[32] 2.5[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2022 495[32] 162[32] 181[32] 2.7[32] 0.9[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1150[1]
Trust
SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hackney[1]
Website
http://www.skinnersacademy.org.uk[1]
District
Hackney[33]
Postcode
N4 1SY[1]
URN
136137[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
987 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
64.1% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
11.3% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
4.3% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
59.6% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
30.1%[35]
Mixed
9.1%[35]
Asian
11.4%[35]
Black
31.7%[35]
Any other ethnic group
13.2%[35]
Unclassified
4.5%[35]

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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    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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    Quote
    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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