City Heights E-ACT Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 29 2021 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 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
Lambeth
Unique reference
137954
Address
33 Abbots Park, Tulse Hill, SW2 3PW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
473 (42% of total capacity)
Boys
50.3%
Girls
49.7%
First language not English
59%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.3%
Persistent absence
27.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
24.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 23.9%
Other White 17.5%
Mixed 16.9%
Caribbean 16.9%
Other 8.7%
Other Black 4%
White British 3.8%
Other Asian 3.2%
Unclassified 1.9%
Pakistani 1.3%
Bangladeshi 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 47%
Local authority average 49%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.5
Local authority average 45.3
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.59
Local authority average 4.09
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award39
Health StudiesTechnical Award26
Sports StudiesTechnical Award33
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE20
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE20
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE12
English LanguageGCSE110
English LiteratureGCSE110
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

City Heights E-ACT Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
106
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
19
2nd preference
20
3rd preference
19
From another Local Authority
13
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
19
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
6
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.6
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
56
31
25
Year 8
93
49
44
Year 9
93
43
50
Year 10
113
57
56
Year 11
118
58
60
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
89.2%
85.5%
Further education
34.0%
27.7%
36.9%
School sixth form
23.0%
52.5%
35.2%
Sixth form college
19.0%
8.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.2%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
0.5%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.1%
5.7%
Destination unknown
11.0%
4.0%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023