City of London Academy Highbury Grove

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 27 2022 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
Islington
Unique reference
144962
Address
8 Highbury Grove, Islington, N5 2EQ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1150 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
63.7%
Girls
36.3%
First language not English
26.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
51%
Persistent absence
39.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
21.1%
Pupil ethnicities
African 21.2%
White British 18.3%
Mixed 15.7%
Other White 15.6%
Other 9.6%
Bangladeshi 7.2%
Caribbean 6.6%
Other Black 1.9%
Unclassified 1.1%
Pakistani 0.9%
Irish 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Capacity %, Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2022-2023

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.36
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 66%
Local authority average 54%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.8
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.76
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award16
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award62
ArabicGCSE2
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE37
Art & DesignGCSE1
BiologyGCSE21
Business Studies:SingleGCSE1
ChemistryGCSE21
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE20
Design & TechnologyGCSE16
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

City of London Academy Highbury Grove

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
188
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
92
2nd preference
139
3rd preference
146
From another Local Authority
104
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
92
2nd preference
56
3rd preference
25
To another Local Authority
32
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2023-2024

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.1
Year 2022-2023

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
239
147
92
Year 8
193
119
74
Year 9
218
139
79
Year 10
206
138
68
Year 11
180
113
67
Year 12
50
38
12
Year 13
64
39
25
Year 2022-2023

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
91.3%
86.5%
Further education
39.0%
40.3%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
42.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
8.0%
8.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
2.0%
2.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
0.0%
1.0%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
4.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
92.0%
82.6%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
38.0%
35.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
35.0%
33.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
6.0%
2.4%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.8%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020
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