The Excelsior Academy

The Excelsior Academy is a secondary school (Academy sponsor led), ages 11–18, in London, E8, in the Hackney council area. It has 983 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (6 February 2024): Good. It is listed as non-selective.

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Admissions

In 2026 the last distances offered ranged from 1.60 to 1.82 miles across the published bands or admission groups.

Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.

Hackney admissions information and published allocations

Ofsted

Good — inspected 6 February 2024.

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Results

Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.

Pupils

Nearby schools

Other schools in the same council and phase. Ordered by distance where coordinates are available, then by name; locations may be postcode centres.

• Mossbourne Community Academy
• Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
• Clapton Girls' Academy
• Tawhid Boys School, Tawhid Educational Trust
• The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School
• Waterside Academy
• The City Academy, Hackney
• Cardinal Pole Catholic School