City of London Academy, Highgate Hill

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 16 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Free Schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Islington
Unique reference
143659
Address
Holland Walk, Duncombe Road, Archway, N19 3EU

Pupils

Number of Pupils
662 (75% of total capacity)
Boys
50.5%
Girls
49.5%
First language not English
38.1%
Free school meals (FSM)
54.4%
Persistent absence
22.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.2%
Pupil ethnicities
African 26.1%
Other White 18%
Mixed 12.9%
Other 11.8%
Caribbean 9.8%
White British 8.8%
Bangladeshi 6.5%
Other Black 2.4%
Indian 1.1%
Other Asian 0.9%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.22
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 77%
Local authority average 54%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 39%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.4
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.81
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award1
Sports StudiesTechnical Award18
ArabicGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE19
BiologyGCSE15
Business Studies:SingleGCSE22
ChemistryGCSE15
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE9
EconomicsGCSE7
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

City of London Academy, Highgate Hill

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
78
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
57
2nd preference
27
3rd preference
40
From another Local Authority
20
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
57
2nd preference
11
3rd preference
8
To another Local Authority
4
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 classes21.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
114
56
58
Year 8
125
56
69
Year 9
135
70
65
Year 10
120
74
46
Year 11
114
55
59
Year 12
27
10
17
Year 13
27
13
14
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
90.5%
85.6%
Further education
55.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
25.0%
45.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
6.0%
6.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
4.0%
1.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
11.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023