# City of London Academy, Highgate Hill

City 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.

Secondary school. Code E143659. [Islington](https://openindex.co.uk/islington)

- Phase: Secondary
- Type: Free schools
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Pupils: 641
- Council: Islington
- URN: 143659

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Good (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
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 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

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [The Bridge Keystone](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-bridge-keystone-e143702): 20 m. Special. Good (overall), February 2022
- [Duncombe Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/duncombe-primary-school-e100403): 420 m. Primary. Good (overall), February 2023. 79% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Margaret McMillan Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/margaret-mcmillan-nursery-school-e100384): 520 m. Nursery. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- [Whitehall Park School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/whitehall-park-school-e140495): 530 m. Primary. School remains Good, September 2022. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-johns-upper-holloway-cofe-primary-school-e100439): 640 m. Primary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 58% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [St Aloysius' College](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-aloysius-college-e151990): 680 m. Secondary. Good (overall), June 2022, before the school changed. Attainment 8 of 51.5 (2025/26, provisional)

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/143659)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/143659)

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