Side By Side School
Side By Side School is an independent special school in London for boys and girls aged 2 to 20. It has 110 pupils and room for 150.
Avigdor Mews, Lordship Road, London, London, N16 0QJ020 8880 8300sidebyside.org.ukMr Gerald Lebrett headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
6 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Hackney council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 110 | 110 | 107 | 92 | 80 | 80 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 22% | 20% | 32% | 21% | 19% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 76% | 79% | 69% | 79% | 81% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeshuos Moshe School | Independent | 90 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Grazebrook Primary School | Council | 140 m | 463 | Outstanding 2023 | 98 | Compare |
| T T T Y Y School | Independent | 440 m | 144 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Holmleigh Primary School | Council | 680 m | 381 | No overall grade 2025 | 38 | Compare |
| Beis Aharon School | Independent (grammar) | 750 m | 280 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form | Council | 760 m | 1,665 | Good 2022 | 60 | Compare |
| Betty Layward Primary School | Council | 760 m | 450 | Good 2023 | 89 | Compare |
| William Patten Primary School | Council | 760 m | 434 | Outstanding 2023 | 98 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Side By Side School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Side By Side School yet.
How many pupils does Side By Side School have?
110 pupils aged 2 to 20 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 150 places, so it is 73% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Avigdor Mews, Lordship Road, London, London, N16 0QJ
- Telephone
- 020 8880 8300
- Website
- www.sidebyside.org.uk
- Headteacher
- Mr Gerald Lebrett
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 2-20, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Ward
- Clissold
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 25 September 2001
- URN
- 133439 · LAESTAB 2046409 · UKPRN 10017510
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.