Side By Side School
Avigdor Mews, Lordship Road, London, N16 0QJ
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 2 to 20
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mr Gerald Lebrett
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- Jewish
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 110
- URN
- 133439
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088808300
About this school
Side By Side School is an independent special school in London. It teaches children aged 2 to 20 and has 110 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Side By Side School under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Side By Side School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2001, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Side By Side School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 92 |
| 2023/24 | 107 |
| 2024/25 | 110 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 85
- Pupils on SEN support
- 17
Location
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Common questions
- What year groups does Side By Side School teach?
- Side By Side School teaches children aged 2 to 20. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Side By Side School?
- The headteacher of Side By Side School is Mr Gerald Lebrett, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Side By Side School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Side By Side School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Side By Side School?
- Side By Side School has 110 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 20.
- Is Side By Side School full?
- Side By Side School has capacity for 150 pupils and 110 on roll (73%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Side By Side School a faith school?
- No. Side By Side School has no designated religious character.
- Is Side By Side School a selective school?
- No. Side By Side School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What are Side By Side School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Side By Side School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.