The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School is a Voluntary aided school serving secondary age pupils, located in Hackney. The school has 803 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 5 December 2023). Last inspected 5 December 2023. The Headteacher is Oyedele Rotimi. The school is administered by Hackney local authority. The school has a Church of England religious character.
Applications for places at The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School are handled by the school or the local authority (Hackney). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.
GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)
39.2
Attainment 8 · 2024-25
−0.26
Progress 8 · 2023-24
28%
Grade 5+ in English & maths · 2024-25
48%
Grade 4+ in English & maths · 2024-25
3.45
EBacc average point score · 2024-25
68%
Entering the EBacc · 2024-25
Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.