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City of London Academy Highbury Grove[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 44 44.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
38.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
15.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.09 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 45.4[6] 44.7%[6]
2023/24 47.2[4] 51.6%[4] +0.09[4]
2022/23 40.8[7] 33%[7] -0.36[7]
2021/22 45.8[8] 42%[8] -0.21[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
9.1% 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] 13.5%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 18.4%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 6.4%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
34% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
5% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
47% 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 91%[15] 37%[15] 7%[15] 46%[15] 1%[15] 1%[15]
2020/21 95%[16] 45%[16] 8%[16] 39%[16] 0%[16] 2%[16]
2019/20 91%[17] 44%[17] 6%[17] 40%[17] 0%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 90%[18] 33%[18] 8%[18] 48%[18] 0%[18] 0%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
62% 2022/23[19]
Education
69% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
0% 2022/23[19]
Employment
15% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 81%[20] 62%[20] 67%[20] 8%[20] 6%[20]
2020/21 83%[21] 67%[21] 77%[21] 2%[21] 4%[21]
2019/20 80%[22] 70%[22] 71%[22] 4%[22] 5%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 69%[23] 81%[23] 0%[23] 12%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
82% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
37% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
35% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
6% 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] 36%[26]
2019/20 92%[25] 38%[25] 35%[25] 6%[25]
2018/19 79%[27] 18%[27] 18%[27] 1%[27]

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
26 Apr 2022[28]
Type
Academy First Section 5[28]
Report published
20 Jun 2022[28]
Personal development
Good[28]
Quality of education
Good[28]
Overall effectiveness
Good[28]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[28]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[28]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[28]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[28]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.4 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Applications (any preference)
425 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences
98 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Places offered
174 Entry Sept 2026[29]
First preferences per place
0.6 Entry Sept 2026[29]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 470[29] 89[29] 170[29] 2.8[29] 0.5[29]
Entry Sept 2024 570[29] 123[29] 188[29] 3.0[29] 0.7[29]
Entry Sept 2023 537[29] 92[29] 188[29] 2.9[29] 0.5[29]
Entry Sept 2022 578[29] 130[29] 232[29] 2.5[29] 0.6[29]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
180 Entry Sept 2027[30]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1200[1]
Trust
CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
Islington[1]
Website
www.highburygrove.cola.org.uk[1]
District
Islington[31]
Postcode
N5 2EQ[1]
URN
144962[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1010 2024/25[32]
English as an additional language
25% 2024/25[32]
SEN support
13.8% 2024/25[32]
EHC plan
3.4% 2024/25[32]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
60.1% 2024/25[32]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
31.1%[33]
Mixed
21.5%[33]
Asian
9.2%[33]
Black
27.2%[33]
Any other ethnic group
10.2%[33]
Unclassified
0.8%[33]

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.
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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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  30. highburygrove.cola.org.uk: highburygrove.cola.org.uk — HG admissions arrangements 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Published Admissions Number (PAN) City of London Academy Highbury Grove has an admission number of 180 Year 7 places in September 2027. (p. 1)
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