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Greig City Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.6 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C- C- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
38.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
8.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.47 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 41.6[6] 26.4%[6]
2023/24 43.3[4] 38%[4] +0.47[4]
2022/23 42.4[7] 32%[7] +0.27[7]
2021/22 46.3[8] 33%[8] +0.14[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
8.9% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C-[10] 0%[10]
2022/23 C-[11] 5.3%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 9.7%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 12.8%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
59% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
8% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
21% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 66%[15] 6%[15] 19%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 88%[16] 45%[16] 17%[16] 21%[16] 0%[16] 5%[16]
2019/20 92%[17] 54%[17] 10%[17] 26%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 87%[18] 49%[18] 9%[18] 27%[18] 0%[18] 1%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
83% 2022/23[19]
Education
71% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
1% 2022/23[19]
Employment
11% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 77%[20] 63%[20] 2%[20] 12%[20]
2020/21 88%[21] 77%[21] 1%[21] 9%[21]
2019/20 85%[22] 74%[22] 1%[22] 10%[22]
2018/19 84%[23] 78%[23] 3%[23] 3%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
68% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
8% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 80%[26] 18%[26]
2019/20 71%[25] 8%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 21%[27] 16%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 75%[28] 8%[28] 7%[28] 2%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
14 Jan 2025[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
3 Mar 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
27 Nov 2019[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] Good[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.2 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
604 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
157 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
191 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 559[32] 145[32] 190[32] 2.9[32] 0.8[32]
Entry Sept 2024 592[32] 139[32] 193[32] 3.1[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2023 530[32] 85[32] 218[32] 2.4[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 475[32] 98[32] 221[32] 2.1[32] 0.4[32]

Furthest distance offered (distance)

By entry year
EntryFurthest distance
Entry Sept 2025 2.5562 miles[33]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2025 Entry Sept 2026[34]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
200 Entry Sept 2026[34]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
GREIG CITY ACADEMY[1]
Local authority
Haringey[1]
Website
www.greigcityacademy.co.uk[1]
District
Haringey[35]
Postcode
N8 7NU[1]
URN
133386[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1181 2024/25[36]
English as an additional language
53.6% 2024/25[36]
SEN support
14.6% 2024/25[36]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[36]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
43.2% 2024/25[36]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
38.5%[37]
Mixed
10.2%[37]
Asian
4.5%[37]
Black
29.1%[37]
Any other ethnic group
11.8%[37]
Unclassified
5.9%[37]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  33. haringey.gov.uk: haringey.gov.uk — Secondary transfer 2025 maps of cut off distances (PDF). Period 2026-10-14. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    Greig City Academy Cut-Off Distance 2025-2.5562 miles Furthest distance at which offers were able to be made under the distance criterion, for admission to year 7 in September 2025 at (p. 3)
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    5.3 The application deadline is 31 October 2025. (p. 4)
    Year 7 Admission Numbers 2.1 For the school year beginning September 2026, the Public Admission Number (PAN) for Year 7 is 200. (p. 2)
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