Waterside Academy

State-Funded School

waterside-academy-hackney-london

LondonRegion

HackneyLocal Authority

Hackney South and ShoreditchConstituency

E8 4DLPostcode

5.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Waterside Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Hackney, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 351 pupils. Waterside Academy is part of Community Schools Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 27 Jan 2026 · published 14 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Academic Performance

Around average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 44.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 41%
EBacc average point score: 4.1

Ethnicity

White

27%

Asian

Black

45%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

351

Total Pupils

54%Boys

46%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

66%

England average

27%

First language not English

41%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 351
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Community Schools Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
24 Mar 2022	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
8 Sept 2019	Inadequate	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.