City of London Academy, Highgate Hill[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 46 45.5 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade: AL A- A- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 45.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 47.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 17.3% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: +0.12 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	Progress 8
2024/25	40.3[6]	33%[6]
2023/24	45.5[4]	45.5%[4]	+0.12[4]
2022/23	42.4[7]	39%[7]	-0.22[7]
2021/22	41.1[8]	36%[8]	-0.56[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: A- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 32% 2024/25[3]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	A-[9]	48.1%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 90% 2022/23[10]
School sixth form: 31% 2022/23[10]
Sixth-form college: 9% 2022/23[10]
Further education college: 47% 2022/23[10]
Apprenticeship: 0% 2022/23[10]
Employment: 2% 2022/23[10]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	89%[11]	25%[11]	6%[11]	55%[11]	0%[11]	4%[11]
2020/21	94%[12]	27%[12]	35%[12]	31%[12]	0%[12]	2%[12]
2019/20	92%[13]	28%[13]	31%[13]	31%[13]	0%[13]	1%[13]
2018/19	99%[14]	43%[14]	13%[14]	42%[14]	0%[14]	0%[14]

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: 15 May 2024[15]
Type: Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[15]
Report published: 2 Jul 2024[15]
Personal development: Good[15]
Quality of education: Good[15]
Overall effectiveness: Good[15]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[15]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[15]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Outstanding[15]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[15]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
18 Jan 2022[16]	S5 Inspection[16]	Requires improvement[16]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 2.2 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Applications (any preference): 220 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences: 69 Entry Sept 2026[17]
Places offered: 102 Entry Sept 2026[17]
First preferences per place: 0.7 Entry Sept 2026[17]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	233[17]	72[17]	90[17]	2.6[17]	0.8[17]
Entry Sept 2024	211[17]	57[17]	78[17]	2.7[17]	0.7[17]
Entry Sept 2023	282[17]	80[17]	114[17]	2.5[17]	0.7[17]
Entry Sept 2022	433[17]	128[17]	134[17]	3.2[17]	1.0[17]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 120 Entry Sept 2027[18]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 900[1]
Trust: CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority: Islington[1]
Website: http://www.highgatehill.cola.org.uk/[1]
District: Islington [19]
Postcode: N19 3EU[1]
URN: 143659[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 642 2024/25[20]
English as an additional language: 42.2% 2024/25[20]
SEN support: 12.8% 2024/25[20]
EHC plan: 2.8% 2024/25[20]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 64.6% 2024/25[20]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 21.7%[21]
Mixed: 12.5%[21]
Asian: 11.2%[21]
Black: 40.2%[21]
Any other ethnic group: 13.9%[21]
Unclassified: 0.5%[21]

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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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highgatehill.cola.org.uk: highgatehill.cola.org.uk — HH admissions arrangements 2027-28 accessible (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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City of London Academy Highgate Hill has an admission number of 120 Year 7 places in September 2027. (p. 1)
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