Mulberry School for Girls

Mulberry School for Girls is performing exceptionally well, demonstrating outstanding quality across all educational domains. The school has cultivated a positive and aspirational culture, leading to high levels of student dedication and impressive academic outcomes. With robust support for students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, the school effectively removes barriers to achievement. Notably part of the Mulberry Schools Trust, this institution emphasizes personal development and offers a wide range of artistic and leadership opportunities, contributing to a well-rounded educational experience.

Strengths

• Outstanding quality of education across all domains
• Exemplary behaviour and student conduct
• Strong school culture promoting pride and dedication in learning
• Highly effective curriculum with ambitious expectations
• Excellent subject knowledge among teachers
• Robust opportunities for personal and creative development
• Strong sixth-form provision with high transition rates to higher education
• Effective safeguarding arrangements

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mulberry School for Girls attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 12.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Mulberry School for Girls were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mulberry School for Girls had 16.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 25.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.0% of pupils at Mulberry School for Girls were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Mulberry School for Girls received £11,129 and spent £10,581 for each of its 1,648 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £3,650,000 (£2,215 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Mulberry Schools Trust, income was £9,786 and spending £9,651 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Mulberry School for Girls is part of Mulberry Schools Trust, which runs 14 schools. The nearest others:

• Mulberry Academy London Dock London
• Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy London
• Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College London
• Mulberry Academy Shoreditch London
• Mulberry UTC London
• Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School London
• Mulberry Academy Woodside London
• Bexhill High Academy Bexhill-On-Sea
• Mulberry Silverdale Primary St Leonards-On-Sea
• Mulberry West St Leonards Primary St Leonards-On-Sea

What is Mulberry School for Girls's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mulberry School for Girls is Outstanding, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Mulberry School for Girls last inspected by Ofsted?

Mulberry School for Girls was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Mulberry School for Girls have?

Mulberry School for Girls has 1,634 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mulberry School for Girls cover?

Mulberry School for Girls for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Mulberry School for Girls's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 57.2, and 64% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Mulberry School for Girls?

Mulberry School for Girls is at Richard Street, Commercial Road, London, E1 2JP.