Waterside Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 45.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 45.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 40.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 16% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +1.04 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	44.6[5]	41%[5]
2023/24	48.2[3]	60.2%[3]	+1.04[3]
2022/23	46[6]	44%[6]	+0.71[6]
2021/22	47.2[7]	53%[7]	-0.19[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 79% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 17% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 20% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 33% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 1% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	95%[9]	26%[9]	37%[9]	28%[9]	0%[9]	1%[9]
2020/21	93%[10]	18%[10]	11%[10]	63%[10]	0%[10]	0%[10]

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: 27 Jan 2026[11]
Type: S5 Inspection[11]
Report published: 14 May 2026[11]
Inclusion: Strong standard[11]
Achievement: Strong standard[11]
Safeguarding standards: Met[11]
Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard[11]
Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard[11]
Leadership and governance: Strong standard[11]
Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard[11]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
9 Feb 2022[12]	S5 Inspection[12]	Good[12]
13 Nov 2019[13]	S8 No Formal Designation Visit[13]	No overall grade[13]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.6 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Applications (any preference): 120 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences: 18 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Places offered: 46 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences per place: 0.4 Entry Sept 2026[14]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	180[14]	32[14]	46[14]	3.9[14]	0.7[14]
Entry Sept 2024	156[14]	31[14]	51[14]	3.1[14]	0.6[14]
Entry Sept 2023	144[14]	28[14]	91[14]	1.6[14]	0.3[14]
Entry Sept 2022	122[14]	14[14]	64[14]	1.9[14]	0.2[14]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 500[1]
Trust: COMMUNITY SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority: Hackney[1]
Website: https://www.watersidecst.org [1]
District: Hackney [15]
Postcode: E8 4DL[1]
URN: 147653[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 374 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language: 39.6% 2024/25[16]
SEN support: 6.2% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan: 5.9% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 64.4% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 27.1%[17]
Mixed: 13.7%[17]
Asian: 4.8%[17]
Black: 45.3%[17]
Any other ethnic group: 8.5%[17]
Unclassified: 0.6%[17]

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

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.