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Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

URN
137789
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch
URN
137789
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Good

67 / 100

Good

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

59

Inspection

80

Admissions Value

54

Destinations

62

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 50% of secondary schools in England

Top 50% nationally

#9 of 15 schools in Tower Hamlets

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 Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

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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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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
20 November 2022
Inspection date
14 September 2022
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 20 November 2022

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 20 November 2022

  • 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)

137

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

363

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

135

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.65×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Tower Hamlets
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Tower Hamlets)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.mulberryacademyshoreditch.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Tower Hamlets 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

45.0

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

39.5%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

59.3%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

60.5%

EBacc achievement

Location

E2 6NW - Gosset Street, Bethnal Green, London

Contact details

Address
Gosset Street, Bethnal Green, London
Postcode
E2 6NW
Phone
2079207900
Website
www.mulberryacademyshoreditch.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Tower Hamlets
Local authority code
211

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 187 schools in Tower Hamlets.

Authority statistics

Total schools

187

Open schools

115

Closed schools

72

Primary schools

100

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 20 November 2022

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 20 November 2022

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 20 November 2022

  • Sixth form

    Good

    Graded 20 November 2022

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    Inspection history

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

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    20 November 202214 September 2022S5 InspectionGoodView report for inspection published 20 November 2022
    • Good

      Published
      20 November 2022
      Inspected
      14 September 2022
      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

    37.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 101

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

    EBacc achievement

    23.4%

    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

    25.8

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.38

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    4.6%

    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 %

    94.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    1.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    0.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    3.0%

    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

    • Primary100 (55.6%)
    • Secondary26 (14.4%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other54 (30.0%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Bethnal Green Technology College0 mSecondaryClosed
    Columbia Primary School209 mPrimaryClosed
    Columbia Primary School209 mPrimaryOpen
    Columbia Market Nursery School339 mNurseryOpen
    St Bernard's School369 mSecondaryClosed
    St Matthias Church of England Primary School392 mPrimaryClosed
    William Davis Primary School394 mPrimaryOpen
    Virginia Primary School411 mPrimaryClosed
    Virginia Primary School411 mPrimaryOpen
    Greenfields School of Development421 mNot applicableClosed
    • Bethnal Green Technology College
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Columbia Primary School
      Distance
      209 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Columbia Primary School
      Distance
      209 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Columbia Market Nursery School
      Distance
      339 m
      Phase
      Nursery
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Tower Hamlets)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Bethnal Green Technology CollegeSecondaryE2 6NWClosed
    Bishop Challoner Boys' SchoolSecondaryE1 0LBClosed
    Bishop Challoner Catholic SchoolSecondaryE1 0LBClosed
    Bishop Challoner Catholic SchoolSecondaryE1 0LBOpen
    Bow SchoolSecondaryE3 3QWOpen
    • Bethnal Green Technology College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E2 6NW
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Challoner Boys' School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E1 0LB
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Challoner Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E1 0LB
      Status
      Closed
    • Bishop Challoner Catholic School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      E1 0LB
      Status
      Open
    • Bow School
    St Bernard's School
    Distance
    369 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • St Matthias Church of England Primary School
    Distance
    392 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • William Davis Primary School
    Distance
    394 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Virginia Primary School
    Distance
    411 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Virginia Primary School
    Distance
    411 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Greenfields School of Development
    Distance
    421 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    E3 3QW
    Status
    Open