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City of London Academy (Southwark)[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 49 49.0 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL B- B- 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
49 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
53.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
19.1% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.48 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 52.9[6] 57.8%[6]
2023/24 53.4[4] 62.6%[4] +0.48[4]
2022/23 51.1[7] 57%[7] -0.01[7]
2021/22 51.8[8] 59%[8] -0.01[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
B- 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
13% 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 B-[10] 12.4%[10]
2022/23 C+[11] 6.3%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 11.4%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 7.1%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
91% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
52% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
11% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
24% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 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 92%[15] 49%[15] 10%[15] 28%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 94%[16] 57%[16] 3%[16] 29%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 95%[17] 53%[17] 13%[17] 26%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 94%[18] 43%[18] 10%[18] 27%[18] 8%[18] 4%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
65% 2022/23[19]
Education
69% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 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 86%[20] 67%[20] 74%[20] 4%[20] 9%[20]
2020/21 89%[21] 77%[21] 81%[21] 1%[21] 8%[21]
2019/20 82%[22] 61%[22] 71%[22] 3%[22] 8%[22]
2018/19 83%[23] 61%[23] 70%[23] 3%[23] 10%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
81% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
25% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
26% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 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 84%[26] 30%[26]
2019/20 78%[25] 26%[25] 26%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 75%[27] 20%[27] 18%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 74%[28] 16%[28] 16%[28] 0%[28]

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
3 Feb 2026[29]
Type
S5 Inspection[29]
Report published
28 May 2026[29]
Inclusion
Strong standard[29]
Achievement
Strong standard[29]
Safeguarding standards
Met[29]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[29]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[29]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[29]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[29]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Strong standard[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
23 Nov 2021[30] S5 Inspection[30] Good[30]
Date not published[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.8 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
660 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
223 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
240 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 718[32] 207[32] 241[32] 3.0[32] 0.9[32]
Entry Sept 2024 727[32] 222[32] 231[32] 3.1[32] 1.0[32]
Entry Sept 2023 804[32] 259[32] 231[32] 3.5[32] 1.1[32]
Entry Sept 2022 858[32] 237[32] 233[32] 3.7[32] 1.0[32]

Priority areas

Catchment Area One
1 local authority areas Entry Sept 2027[33]
Catchment Area Two
1 local authority areas Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[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
Southwark[1]
Website
http://www.cityacademy.co.uk/[1]
District
Southwark[34]
Postcode
SE1 5LA[1]
URN
134222[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1576 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
20.2% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
15.6% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
55.5% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
15%[36]
Mixed
13.5%[36]
Asian
9.9%[36]
Black
51.4%[36]
Any other ethnic group
6.5%[36]
Unclassified
3.6%[36]

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

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    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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    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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    3.5 Eligible applicants residing in the Catchment Area One, the City of London (estimated as 5-10 places at most based upon previous years). (p. 2)
    3.8 Applicants residing in Catchment Area Two, the London Borough of Southwark, shown on the map below, and where there are more such applicants than places, according to the following criteria listed in priority order. (p. 3)
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