City of London Academy Highbury Grove
8 Highbury Grove, Islington, London, N5 2EQ
Local ranking4th of 9 secondary schools in Islington
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1200
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 45.4
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 44.7%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 63.3%
- Entering EBacc
- 45.7%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2
- Cohort Size
- 199
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 84.0%
- Higher education
- 62.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 15.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.4
Avg Points/Entry
30.3
Best 3 A-Levels
36
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 9.1%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 92
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1010
- Boys
- 639 (63%)
- Girls
- 371 (37%)
- Capacity
- 1200 (84% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 60.1%
- EAL
- 25.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.4%
- SEN Support
- 13.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 70.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £12,005/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 21.5%
- White Other: 15.7%
- Other: 15.7%
- Mixed Other: 11.5%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 8.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 6.5%
- Black Caribbean: 6.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 3.1%
21.5%
White British
15.7%
White Other
15.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144962
- UKPRN
- 10065100
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST