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City of London Academy (Southwark)

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Nov 23 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Southwark
Unique reference
134222
Address
240 Lynton Road, SE1 5LA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1557 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
53.8%
Girls
46.2%
First language not English
20.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
43.6%
Persistent absence
26.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 37.8%
White British 11.8%
Mixed 10.8%
Other White 7.8%
Caribbean 7.5%
Other 6.6%
Other Asian 4.7%
Other Black 4.4%
Unclassified 3.3%
Bangladeshi 2.5%
Chinese 1.7%
Indian 0.6%
Pakistani 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.01
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.38
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 70%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 57%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 51.1
Local authority average 51.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.65
Local authority average 4.75
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
ArabicGCSE5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE33
Business Studies:SingleGCSE56
ChemistryGCSE33
ChineseGCSE1
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE37
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE25
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

City of London Academy (Southwark)

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
231
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
222
2nd preference
162
3rd preference
150
From another Local Authority
93
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
196
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
16
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
235
143
92
Year 8
236
141
95
Year 9
239
142
97
Year 10
234
133
101
Year 11
230
125
105
Year 12
196
70
126
Year 13
187
84
103
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Secondary

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
91.8%
85.6%
Further education
28.0%
20.8%
35.4%
School sixth form
49.0%
60.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
10.0%
9.6%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
9.0%
4.2%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.2%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
84.0%
85.2%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
30.0%
40.4%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
0.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021
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