City of London Academy, Highgate Hill

Type Secondary / Free schools
Age Range 11-18
Religion Unknown
Address Holland Walk
Duncombe Road
Archway
London
N19 3EU
Phone 02072813536
Reference Number 143659

General Makeup

Number of pupils 662
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 50.45%
Girls: 49.55%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 56.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 38.1%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 21.2

Year Groups

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

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 26.1%
White, Other 18%
Caribbean 9.8%
White, British 8.8%
Mixed, Other 6.8%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.8%
Indian 1.1%
Asian, Other 0.9%
White & Black (African) 0.8%
Unclassified 0.6%
White & Asian 0.5%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.5%
Chinese 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Sixth Form Provision Outstanding
Last Inspection Date 2024-07-03
Date Description Report
2024-05-15 School inspection: School inspection:
2022-01-18 School inspection: School inspection:

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education

Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
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GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 45.5% Unlock Unlock
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 58.9% Unlock Unlock

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
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Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

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GCSE Results

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Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

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2024 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
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Second Preference 27 11
Third Preference 40 8
From another Local Authority 20 4

Previous Years

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Destinations after GCSE's

Data relates to students who sat their GCSE's in 2022 and was last updated in May 2024.

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