Skinners' Academy
Woodberry Grove, London, N4 1SY
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST
- Principal
- Principal Rachael Adediran
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Skinners' Company
- Constituency
- Tottenham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,150
- Pupils on roll
- 939
- URN
- 136137
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088007411
About this school
Skinners' Academy is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 939 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
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 171 | 181 | 176 |
| Attainment 8 score | 45.2 | 46.1 | 46.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.21 -0.43 to 0.00 | +0.16 -0.07 to +0.39 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% | 43.1% | 42% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58% | 59.7% | 68.8% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 40% | 47% | 45.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
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 Skinners' Academy 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 | 45.2 | 41.9 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 46.1 | 40.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 46.4 | 41.1 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 10.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,064 |
| 2023/24 | 1,045 |
| 2024/25 | 987 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Skinners' Academy compares
Skinners' Academy ranked 10th of 16 secondary schools in Hackney for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 46.4 | 10.8% | 59.6% | 939 | — |
| All Saints Catholic High School | 44.1 | 8% | 52.2% | 473 | 0.8 miles |
| Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls) | 39.9 | 11.2% | 11.1% | 100 | 0.8 miles |
| Park View School | 38.8 | 5.6% | 52.6% | 987 | 1.0 miles |
| Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School | 59 | 5.8% | 2.3% | 380 | 1.1 miles |
| Arts and Media School Islington | 38.3 | 14.9% | 66.4% | 577 | 1.1 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.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 11 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 59.55%
- English as an additional language
- 64.1%
- Overall absence
- 10.75%
- Persistent absence
- 36.48%
Location
Nearby schools
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All Saints Catholic High School0.8 miles
Secondary · London
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Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)0.8 miles
Secondary · London
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Park View School1.0 miles
Secondary · London
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Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School1.1 miles
Secondary · London
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Arts and Media School Islington1.1 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
Skinners' Academy ranks 173rd 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 Skinners' Academy teach?
- Skinners' Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the principal of Skinners' Academy?
- The principal of Skinners' Academy is Principal Rachael Adediran, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Skinners' Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Skinners' Academy, 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 Skinners' Academy?
- Skinners' Academy has 939 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Skinners' Academy full?
- Skinners' Academy has capacity for 1,150 pupils and 939 on roll (82%), 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 Skinners' Academy a faith school?
- No. Skinners' Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Skinners' Academy a selective school?
- No. Skinners' Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Skinners' Academy?
- Skinners' Academy is part of SKINNERS' ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Skinners' Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 45.2 in 2022/23 and 46.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Skinners' Academy rank locally?
- Skinners' Academy ranked 10th of 16 secondary schools in Hackney for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 63% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 6% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Skinners' Academy's absence rate?
- Skinners' Academy's overall absence rate is 10.8% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Skinners' Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Skinners' Academy'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 15 July 2026.