The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School

Voluntary aided schoolSecondaryAges 11–19MixedChurch of EnglandSixth form

Paragon Road, Hackney, London, E9 6NR

Headteacher · Mr Oyedele Rotimi

From Get Information About Schools (DfE), updated 7 October 2026. Report a correction

Key facts

Pupils752Capacity 1,050

OfstedGoodInspected 5 December 2023

Free school meals70.5%

Good

Graded inspection on 5 December 2023.

Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 31 August 2026.

Year 7 applications close 31 October 2026

For September 2027. Apply through Hackney council, not the school. National offer day is 1 March 2027.

All 67 families who put it first were offered a place.

Places offered85

Applications256

First choice67

First-choice offers67

Applications count every family who named the school as any preference. Figures change every year, so they are a guide, not a guarantee.

Source: Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers 2026 (on-time applications, national offer day).