The Boxing Academy AP Free School
The Boxing Academy AP Free School is a free schools alternative provision in London for boys and girls aged 12 to 16. It has 17 pupils and room for 48. About 59 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was inspected 2025, no overall grade.
1 Monteagle Way, Hackney, London, E5 8PH020 8986 4674theboxingacademy.co.ukMs Anna Cain principalAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 4 February 2025, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Not judged Between September 2024 and November 2025, Ofsted graded each area but stopped giving one overall word.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2017
24 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England. These are the results of The Boxing Academy, the school this one replaced.
All GCSE measures, year by year
| Measure | 2017† | 2016† | Hackney | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of Year 11 | 24 | 24 | – | – |
| Average GCSE scoreAttainment 8 | 8.6 | 9.0 | 51.2 | 48.0 |
| Strong pass in English and mathsGrade 5+ in English and maths | 0% | – | 49% | 45% |
| Standard pass in English and mathsGrade 4+ in English and maths | 13% | – | 70% | 67% |
| Taking the core subjectsEBacc entry | 0% | 0% | 52% | 40% |
† These results are for The Boxing Academy, the school this one replaced in May 2017. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (8), Other difficulty or disability (6), language and communications needs (2), Severe learning difficulty (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 17 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 59% | 88% | 81% | 89% | 50% | 86% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 18% | 18% | 25% | 44% | 25% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 29% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 71% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 11 pupils who left in 2020/21 were a year later.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benthal Primary School | Council | 180 m | 252 | Good 2023 | 56 | Compare |
| St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 260 m | 209 | No overall grade 2025 | 61 | Compare |
| Nightingale Primary School | Council | 330 m | 384 | Good 2023 | 33 | Compare |
| Al-Falah Primary School | Independent | 420 m | 105 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Stormont House School | Council | 560 m | 131 | Outstanding 2024 | – | Compare |
| Mossbourne Community Academy | Academy | 610 m | 1,432 | Report card 2026 | 99 | Compare |
| Northwold Primary School | Academy | 630 m | 316 | No overall grade 2024 | 98 | Compare |
| Shacklewell Primary School | Council | 690 m | 461 | Not inspected | 63 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is The Boxing Academy AP Free School a good school?
The Boxing Academy AP Free School doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it not judged at its last inspection in February 2025.
What is The Boxing Academy AP Free School's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated The Boxing Academy AP Free School not judged at its last full inspection on 4 February 2025.
How good are The Boxing Academy AP Free School's GCSE results?
In summer 2017, 0% of pupils got a grade 5 or better in both English and maths. Across England it was 45%. Its Attainment 8 score, which is the average grade across a pupil's best eight subjects times ten, was 8.6, against 48.0 for England.
How many pupils does The Boxing Academy AP Free School have?
17 pupils aged 12 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 48 places, so it is 35% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1 Monteagle Way, Hackney, London, E5 8PH
- Telephone
- 020 8986 4674
- Website
- www.theboxingacademy.co.uk
- Principal
- Ms Anna Cain
- Type of school
- Free schools alternative provision (Free schools alternative provision, free schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 12-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Single-academy trust
- The Boxing Academy Trust (1 schools)
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Ward
- Hackney Downs
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 May 2017
- URN
- 143103 · LAESTAB 2046010 · UKPRN 10063852
- Formerly
- The Boxing Academy
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, 2016/17 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- 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.