City Heights E-ACT Academy[1]
Secondary · ages 11–18
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 38 37.8 2025/26[2]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 37.8 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 24% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 2.9% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- -0.37 2023/24[3]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[4]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[4]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 40.6[5] | 24.5%[5] | ||
| 2023/24 | 36.7[3] | 27.3%[3] | -0.37[3] | |
| 2022/23 | 33[6] | 24%[6] | -0.75[6] | |
| 2021/22 | 38.8[7] | 36%[7] | -0.71[7] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 79% 2022/23[8]
- School sixth form
- 23% 2022/23[8]
- Sixth-form college
- 19% 2022/23[8]
- Further education college
- 34% 2022/23[8]
- Apprenticeship
- 1% 2022/23[8]
- Employment
- 1% 2022/23[8]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 86%[9] | 37%[9] | 14%[9] | 29%[9] | 1%[9] | 3%[9] |
| 2020/21 | 92%[10] | 44%[10] | 11%[10] | 34%[10] | 0%[10] | 2%[10] |
| 2019/20 | 89%[11] | 39%[11] | 9%[11] | 37%[11] | 2%[11] | 1%[11] |
| 2018/19 | 83%[12] | 39%[12] | 9%[12] | 28%[12] | 2%[12] | 1%[12] |
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
- 9 Dec 2025[13]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[13]
- Report published
- 1 Feb 2026[13]
- Inclusion
- Expected standard[13]
- Achievement
- Needs attention[13]
- Safeguarding standards
- Met[13]
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention[13]
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard[13]
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard[13]
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard[13]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 1.6 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Applications (any preference)
- 111 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences
- 15 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- Places offered
- 71 Entry Sept 2026[16]
- First preferences per place
- 0.2 Entry Sept 2026[16]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 98[16] | 19[16] | 106[16] | 0.9[16] | 0.2[16] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 123[16] | 20[16] | 109[16] | 1.1[16] | 0.2[16] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 152[16] | 40[16] | 117[16] | 1.3[16] | 0.3[16] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 165[16] | 33[16] | 143[16] | 1.2[16] | 0.2[16] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 11–18[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Admissions
- Non-selective[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1100[1]
- Trust
- E-ACT[1]
- Local authority
- Lambeth[1]
- Website
- https://cityheightsacademy.e-act.org.uk/[1]
- District
- Lambeth[17]
- Postcode
- SW2 3PW[1]
- URN
- 137954[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 473 2024/25[18]
- English as an additional language
- 59% 2024/25[18]
- SEN support
- 24.1% 2024/25[18]
- EHC plan
- 5.7% 2024/25[18]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 60.9% 2024/25[18]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 19.3%[19]
- Mixed
- 19.3%[19]
- Asian
- 6.1%[19]
- Black
- 45.9%[19]
- Any other ethnic group
- 8%[19]
- Unclassified
- 1.3%[19]
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
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25.
Archived copy; original.
Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quote
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.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.