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Clapton Girls' Academy

Girls · ages 11–19 · with sixth formHackney, London · London E5 0RBTrust: Clapton Girls' Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,169of 1,200 places
Free school meals
37.9%
Year 11 cohort 2025
175
Ofsted
Outstanding, 22 May 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Clapton Girls' Technology College (URN 100278, until 1 September 2011).

What the data says

Of the 173 pupils who finished Year 11 at Clapton Girls' Academy in 2023, 71% stayed on in Clapton Girls' Academy’s own sixth form (Hackney average 53%), 14% went to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 137 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 53% went to university (Hackney 53%, England 37%), and 28% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 59.4 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Hackney, with 63% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 26% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hackney and England.

Clapton Girls' Academy
Hackney
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureClapton Girls' AcademyHackneyEngland
Pupils in the cohort1732,449607,348
Any sustained destination93%92%92%
Stayed in education92%91%86%
— school sixth form71%53%34%
— sixth form college6%10%13%
— further education college14%26%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship1%1%3%
Employment0%1%3%
No sustained destination4%5%6%
Destination unknown3%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Clapton Girls' Academy
Hackney
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureClapton Girls' AcademyHackneyEngland
Students in the cohort1371,616541,441
Any sustained destination74%79%79%
University (higher education)53%53%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students28%27%19%
Further education7%5%5%
Apprenticeship5%3%7%
Employment7%14%28%
No sustained destination17%14%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureClapton Girls' AcademyHackneyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)59.450.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths63%49%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths82%70%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects45%61%41%
EBacc average point score5.324.614.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort45%54%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils51.245.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils66.156.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language30%42%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language17499%89%37%20%88%
Mathematics17499%88%32%22%85%
English Literature17298%86%40%21%91%
Religious Studies16997%31%51%32%85%
Combined Science13376%65%17%9%70%
Geography8750%41%34%25%74%
History8347%41%58%26%89%
Spanish6537%19%52%27%91%
Fine Art4928%9%57%28%94%
Sociology4626%4%46%21%89%
Biology4123%23%90%45%100%
Chemistry4123%23%93%47%100%
Physics4123%23%88%46%100%
Drama3721%7%57%27%92%
Music2514%5%48%33%100%
Photography1911%6%16%19%68%
Design and Technology1810%11%22%23%78%
French169%18%63%29%88%
Computer Science127%13%33%30%67%
Physical Education116%11%0%24%55%
Turkish53%0%71%
Portuguese21%0%50%
German11%5%33%
Arabic11%1%47%
Russian11%0%87%
Japanese11%0%53%
Italian11%0%53%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health Studies2728%
Small Business Management2223%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureClapton Girls' AcademyHackneyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study300
— of whom A level students951,016261,341
Average A level gradeBB-B-
Average points per A level entry38.8436.7635.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsBB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects15%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Psychology3133%23%
Geography3032%10%
English Literature2627%11%
Biology2425%20%
Mathematics2324%31%
Sociology2122%13%
Economics1819%13%
History1718%13%
Chemistry1617%17%
Fine Art1516%3%
Religious Studies1213%4%
Politics1011%6%
Business Studies1011%13%
Photography77%3%
Further Mathematics5%
Physics12%
Spanish2%
Turkish0%
Computer Science5%
Urdu0%
Product Design2%
Arabic0%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*2627%
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2425%
Applied SciencesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*1819%
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Diploma L3 - Band N - PPP-D*D*D*1213%
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 377%
Health StudiesBTEC National Diploma L3 - Band J - PP-D*D*
Health StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*
Business StudiesBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.