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Best secondary schools in Hackney

15 of 17 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Hackney schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy London 1.54 Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.44 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Mossbourne Community Academy London 1.47 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.75 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Waterside Academy London hidden gem 1.04 Good undersubscribed 0.39 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School London 0.92 Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Clapton Girls' Academy London 0.84 Outstanding oversubscribed 1.51 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park London 0.68 Not judged oversubscribed 1.21 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 The City Academy, Hackney London 0.56 Good declining about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 The Bridge Academy London hidden gem 0.51 Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 The Excelsior Academy London hidden gem 0.46 Good undersubscribed 0.55 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form London hidden gem 0.28 Good declining about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 All Saints Catholic High School London hidden gem 0.27 Good undersubscribed 0.63 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Haggerston School London hidden gem 0.16 Good undersubscribed 0.47 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Skinners' Academy London hidden gem 0.16 Good undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls) London hidden gem 0.02 Good about even 0.89 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School London hidden gem -0.26 Good undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Hackney

2 further secondary schools with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Hackney, not a fairer one.

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