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City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park

Mixed · ages 11–19 · with sixth formHackney, London · London N1 5JUTrust: City of London Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
914of 1,140 places
Free school meals
58.4%
Year 11 cohort 2025
94
Ofsted
Inspected, 22 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Of the 153 pupils who finished Year 11 at City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park in 2023, 53% stayed on in City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park’s own sixth form (Hackney average 53%), 34% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Spanish is unusually popular at GCSE: 70% of the year group took it, against 19% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were well above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 54.3 against 46.1 across England and 50.5 in Hackney, with 59% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

A level grades average B, well above the England average of B-. The largest A level subjects are Mathematics, Economics and Physics.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Hackney and England.

This school
Hackney
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThis schoolHackneyEngland
Pupils in the cohort1532,449607,348
Any sustained destination95%92%92%
Stayed in education93%91%86%
— school sixth form53%53%34%
— sixth form college7%10%13%
— further education college34%26%37%
— other education0%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%1%3%
Employment1%1%3%
No sustained destination5%5%6%
Destination unknown0%4%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThis schoolHackneyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)54.350.546.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths59%49%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths80%70%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects64%61%41%
EBacc average point score5.174.614.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort57%54%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils48.845.034.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils61.856.950.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language43%42%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Literature9399%86%34%21%88%
English Language9298%89%28%20%84%
Mathematics9298%88%32%22%84%
Combined Science7479%65%9%9%73%
Spanish6670%19%41%27%95%
Geography5255%41%52%25%96%
Business Studies3537%18%43%20%91%
History3537%41%69%26%94%
Fine Art2021%9%35%28%80%
Physics1819%23%72%46%94%
Chemistry1819%23%67%47%94%
Design and Technology1819%11%39%23%94%
Biology1819%23%83%45%94%
Psychology1516%3%47%22%100%
Music1415%5%7%33%100%
Turkish1011%0%90%71%100%
Physical Education89%11%13%24%100%
Drama66%7%33%27%100%
Textiles55%2%27%
Italian22%0%53%
German11%5%33%
Chinese11%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies1948%
Sports Studies410%
Small Business Management13%
Sports Studies13%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThis schoolHackneyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study66
— of whom A level students401,016261,341
Average A level gradeBB-B-
Average points per A level entry41.3036.7635.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsBB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects20%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Mathematics2563%31%
Economics1333%13%
Physics1333%12%
Chemistry1025%17%
Biology923%20%
Geography820%10%
Further Mathematics718%5%
Psychology718%23%
History615%13%
Sociology615%13%
English Literature11%
Fine Art3%
Spanish2%
3D Design1%
Politics6%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
PhysicsGCE AS level (All)1435%
SociologyGCE AS level (All)615%
PhysicsGCE AS level (Not continued to A2)
PoliticsGCE AS level (All)
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)
SpanishGCE AS level (All)

Other secondary schools in Hackney

Clapton Girls' Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,169 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 59.4

Haggerston School

Academy converter · sixth form · 939 pupils

89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.7

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.