[1] The school is named after Revd Christopher Urswick, Rector of Hackney from 1502 to 1522, and a close friend of King Henry VII and his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort,[2] a great benefactress of learning.

[2] A voluntary aided school administered by Hackney London Borough Council and the Church of England Diocese of London, the Urswick School offers GCSEs, BTECs and ASDAN awards as programmes of study for pupils, and the sixth form can study a range of A-levels and further BTECs and ASDAN awards.

[5] In 2020, the governing body of the school settled out of court for repeatedly excluding a student because of her Afro hairstyle.

[6] The school has entered into a legally binding agreement about hair policies with the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

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