City of London Academy, Highgate Hill
Secondary schoolCity of London Academy, Highgate Hill is a secondary school in Islington, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 641 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), May 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 15 May 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at City of London Academy, Highgate Hill was 45.5, against 47.1 in Islington and 46.2 in England.
47.4% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.5 | 47.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 47.4% | 48% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 65.4% | 65.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 133 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- The Bridge KeystoneSpecial. Good (overall), February 202220 m
- Duncombe Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), February 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- Margaret McMillan Nursery SchoolNursery. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met520 m
- Whitehall Park SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)530 m
- St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)640 m
- St Aloysius' CollegeSecondary. Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 51.5 (2025/26, provisional)680 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Islington
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).