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Mossbourne Community Academy

URN
134693
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Mossbourne Community Academy
URN
134693
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-18
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

88 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

95

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

73

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

Top 10% of secondary schools in England

Top 10% nationally

#3 of 16 schools in Hackney

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Mossbourne Community Academy

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Mossbourne Community Academy

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
10 November 2021
Inspection date
28 September 2021
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 10 November 2021

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 10 November 2021

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

204

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

1,219

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

204

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

5.98×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Hackney
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Hackney)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.mca.mossbourne.org/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Hackney to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

65.1

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

70.4%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

87.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

97.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

E5 8JY - 100 Downs Park Road, Hackney, London

Contact details

Address
100 Downs Park Road, Hackney, London
Postcode
E5 8JY
Phone
2085255200
Website
http://www.mca.mossbourne.org/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hackney
Local authority code
204

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 205 schools in Hackney.

Authority statistics

Total schools

205

Open schools

104

Closed schools

101

Primary schools

98

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 10 November 2021

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 10 November 2021

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 10 November 2021

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 10 November 2021

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    10 November 202128 September 2021S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 10 November 2021
    • Outstanding

      Published
      10 November 2021
      Inspected
      28 September 2021
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    16.7%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 184

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    61.7%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Below average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    43.7

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.10

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    38.8%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    97.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    0.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    Not published

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    2.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    26

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary98 (48.3%)
    • Secondary26 (12.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other79 (38.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Hackney Downs School172 mSecondaryClosed
    Stormont House School172 mNot applicableOpen
    Mossbourne Parkside Academy326 mPrimaryOpen
    Amherst Junior School326 mPrimaryClosed
    Amherst Infant School326 mPrimaryClosed
    Amherst Primary School326 mPrimaryClosed
    Brook Community Primary School326 mPrimaryClosed
    Nightingale Primary School485 mPrimaryOpen
    Downsview School495 mNot applicableClosed
    Kingsland School599 mSecondaryClosed
    • Hackney Downs School
      Distance
      172 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Stormont House School
      Distance
      172 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Mossbourne Parkside Academy
      Distance
      326 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Amherst Junior School
      Distance
      326 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Hackney)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    All Saints Catholic High SchoolSecondaryN16 5AFOpen
    Cardinal Pole Catholic SchoolSecondaryE9 6LGClosed
    Cardinal Pole Catholic SchoolSecondaryE9 6LGOpen
    City of London Academy, Shoreditch ParkSecondaryN1 5JUOpen
    Clapton Girls' AcademySecondaryE5 0RBOpen
    • All Saints Catholic High School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      N16 5AF
      Status
      Open
    • Cardinal Pole Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E9 6LG
      Status
      Closed
    • Cardinal Pole Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E9 6LG
      Status
      Open
    • City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      N1 5JU
      Status
      Open
    Amherst Infant School
    Distance
    326 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Amherst Primary School
    Distance
    326 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Brook Community Primary School
    Distance
    326 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Nightingale Primary School
    Distance
    485 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Downsview School
    Distance
    495 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Kingsland School
    Distance
    599 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Clapton Girls' Academy
    Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    E5 0RB
    Status
    Open