Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School
Egerton Road, Stamford Hill, London, N16 6UB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Jewish
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sonia Mossberg
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 400
- Pupils on roll
- 380
- URN
- 133599
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088265500
About this school
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School is a Jewish girls' voluntary aided secondary school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 380 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. 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
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 63 | 68 | 82 |
| Attainment 8 score | 59.5 | 52.2 | 59.0 |
| Progress 8 score | +1.65 +1.20 to +2.11 | +0.92 +0.48 to +1.35 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 73% | 60.3% | 70.7% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 92% | 77.9% | 90.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 19% | 23.5% | 19.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
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 Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls 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 | Hackney average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59.5 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.2 | 40.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 59 | 41.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 358 |
| 2023/24 | 375 |
| 2024/25 | 384 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School compares
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School ranked 4th of 16 secondary schools in Hackney for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 92% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59 | 5.8% | 2.3% | 380 | — |
| Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls) | 39.9 | 11.2% | 11.1% | 100 | 0.2 miles |
| All Saints Catholic High School | 44.1 | 8% | 52.2% | 473 | 0.3 miles |
| Gladesmore Community School | 43.8 | 9.4% | 54.8% | 1,206 | 0.5 miles |
| Skinners' Academy | 46.4 | 10.8% | 59.6% | 939 | 1.1 miles |
| Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form | 48.4 | 8.7% | 41.1% | 1,665 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 2.34%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 5.77%
- Persistent absence
- 10.99%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)0.2 miles
Secondary · London
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All Saints Catholic High School0.3 miles
Secondary · London
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Gladesmore Community School0.5 miles
Secondary · London
-
Skinners' Academy1.1 miles
Secondary · London
-
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form1.3 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School ranks 44th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School teach?
- Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School?
- The headteacher of Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School is Mrs Sonia Mossberg, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School?
- Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School has 380 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School full?
- Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School has capacity for 400 pupils and 380 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School a faith school?
- Yes. Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School is designated Jewish.
- Is Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School a selective school?
- No. Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 59.5 in 2022/23 and 59 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School rank locally?
- Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School ranked 4th of 16 secondary schools in Hackney for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 92% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 43% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School's absence rate?
- Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School's overall absence rate is 5.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls 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 1 July 2026.