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The City Academy, Hackney[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 53.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
53.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
62.2% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
26.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.56 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 49.1[6] 48.4%[6]
2023/24 53.1[4] 58.7%[4] +0.56[4]
2022/23 52.3[7] 55%[7] +0.31[7]
2021/22 52.8[8] 56%[8] +0.09[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
11.8% 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 B-[10] 8.9%[10]
2022/23 B-[11] 8.3%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 10.8%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 1.3%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
93% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
54% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
15% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
20% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
0% 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] 53%[15] 11%[15] 28%[15] 0%[15] 2%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 49%[16] 20%[16] 21%[16] 1%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 94%[17] 57%[17] 13%[17] 22%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 95%[18] 57%[18] 5%[18] 29%[18] 0%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[19]
Education
73% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
12% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 71%[20] 5%[20] 15%[20]
2020/21 93%[21] 83%[21] 4%[21] 6%[21]
2019/20 84%[22] 73%[22] 3%[22] 9%[22]
2018/19 90%[23] 78%[23] 4%[23] 8%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
76% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
22% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
27% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 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 86%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 78%[25] 27%[25] 27%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 80%[27] 18%[27] 18%[27] 1%[27]
2017/18 87%[28] 17%[28] 17%[28] 0%[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
28 Mar 2023[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
14 Jun 2023[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.5 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Applications (any preference)
779 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences
165 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Places offered
173 Entry Sept 2026[30]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[30]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 759[30] 169[30] 170[30] 4.5[30] 1.0[30]
Entry Sept 2024 947[30] 203[30] 184[30] 5.1[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2023 979[30] 198[30] 177[30] 5.5[30] 1.1[30]
Entry Sept 2022 1118[30] 254[30] 194[30] 5.8[30] 1.3[30]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
180 Entry Sept 2027[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1170[1]
Trust
CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Hackney[1]
Website
https://www.thecityacademyhackney.org[1]
District
Hackney[32]
Postcode
E9 6EA[1]
URN
135835[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1152 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
39.8% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
15% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
4.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
56.7% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
21.1%[34]
Mixed
11.9%[34]
Asian
16%[34]
Black
38.2%[34]
Any other ethnic group
7.4%[34]
Unclassified
5.3%[34]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  9. Department for Education: A level and other 16 to 18 results 2020/21. Period 2020/21. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    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.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  30. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  31. thecityacademyhackney.org: thecityacademyhackney.org — TCAH admissions arrangements 2027-28-1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    a) The City Academy, Hackney has an agreed admission number of 180 students. (p. 1)
  32. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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