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Mulberry School for Girls[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 57 57.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
57.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
63.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
25% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.61 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 55.2[6] 50.6%[6]
2023/24 56.1[4] 61.9%[4] +0.61[4]
2022/23 56.5[7] 56%[7] +0.61[7]
2021/22 58.9[8] 64%[8] +0.68[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13.1% 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 B-[10] 10.1%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 10.1%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 10.9%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 10.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
87% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
9% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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 99%[15] 92%[15] 5%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 99%[16] 83%[16] 14%[16] 0%[16]
2019/20 97%[17] 84%[17] 3%[17] 9%[17] 0%[17] 0%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 86%[18] 2%[18] 9%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
65% 2022/23[19]
Education
67% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
8% 2022/23[19]
Employment
9% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 71%[20] 73%[20] 3%[20] 8%[20]
2020/21 87%[21] 74%[21] 80%[21] 3%[21] 5%[21]
2019/20 90%[22] 75%[22] 86%[22] 1%[22] 2%[22]
2018/19 87%[23] 75%[23] 80%[23] 2%[23] 5%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
80% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
28% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
39% 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 85%[26] 39%[26]
2019/20 89%[25] 40%[25] 39%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 88%[27] 27%[27] 26%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 80%[28] 35%[28] 33%[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
23 Apr 2024[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
22 May 2024[29]
Personal development
Outstanding[29]
Quality of education
Outstanding[29]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.3 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
534 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
238 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
232 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 623[30] 262[30] 234[30] 2.7[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2024 642[30] 263[30] 235[30] 2.7[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2023 608[30] 267[30] 234[30] 2.6[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 636[30] 289[30] 236[30] 2.7[30] 1.2[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Girls[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
MULBERRY SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Tower Hamlets[1]
Website
http://www.mulberryschoolforgirls.org/[1]
District
Tower Hamlets[31]
Postcode
E1 2JP[1]
URN
143629[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1647 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
69.8% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
6.5% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
2.6% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
51.3% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
1.2%[33]
Mixed
5.2%[33]
Asian
84.7%[33]
Black
4.7%[33]
Any other ethnic group
3.6%[33]
Unclassified
0.6%[33]

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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    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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