City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park[1]
Secondary · ages 11–19
Headline results
- Attainment 8
- A8 51 50.9 2025/26[2]
- A-level average grade
- AL B B 2024/25[3]
Results
GCSE (key stage 4)
- Attainment 8
- 50.9 2025/26[2]
- Grade 5+ in English & maths
- 56.5% 2025/26[2]
- Grade 7+ in English & maths
- 16.1% 2025/26[2]
- Progress 8
- +0.68 2023/24[4]
- Progress 8, 2025/26
- Not calculated[5]
- Progress 8, 2024/25
- Not calculated[5]
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ in English & maths | Grade 7+ in English & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 54.3[6] | 58.5%[6] | ||
| 2023/24 | 58.9[4] | 69.3%[4] | +0.68[4] | |
| 2022/23 | 53.8[7] | 55%[7] | +0.37[7] | |
| 2021/22 | 56.8[8] | 71%[8] | +0.19[8] |
A level (16–18)
- A-level average grade
- B 2024/25[3]
- AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
- 20% 2024/25[3]
| Year | A-level average grade | AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | B[9] | 15%[9] |
Destinations after GCSEs
- Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
- 95% 2022/23[10]
- School sixth form
- 53% 2022/23[10]
- Sixth-form college
- 7% 2022/23[10]
- Further education college
- 34% 2022/23[10]
- Apprenticeship
- 0% 2022/23[10]
- Employment
- 1% 2022/23[10]
| Left in | Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment | School sixth form | Sixth-form college | Further education college | Apprenticeship | Employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | 97%[11] | 54%[11] | 11%[11] | 28%[11] | 0%[11] | 2%[11] |
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
- 22 Jan 2025[12]
- Type
- S5 Inspection[12]
- Report published
- 4 Mar 2025[12]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[12]
- Quality of education
- Outstanding[12]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[12]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[12]
- Sixth form provision (where applicable)
- Outstanding[12]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[12]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Year 7
- Applications per place
- 4.2 Entry Sept 2026[14]
- Applications (any preference)
- 714 Entry Sept 2026[14]
- First preferences
- 205 Entry Sept 2026[14]
- Places offered
- 170 Entry Sept 2026[14]
- First preferences per place
- 1.2 Entry Sept 2026[14]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 580[14] | 135[14] | 169[14] | 3.4[14] | 0.8[14] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 608[14] | 134[14] | 175[14] | 3.5[14] | 0.8[14] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 678[14] | 202[14] | 172[14] | 3.9[14] | 1.2[14] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 700[14] | 207[14] | 189[14] | 3.7[14] | 1.1[14] |
Admissions
- Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
- 180 Entry Sept 2027[15]
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Free schools[1]
- Ages
- 11–19[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- Yes[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1140[1]
- Trust
- CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Hackney[1]
- Website
- www.shoreditch.cola.org.uk[1]
- District
- Hackney[16]
- Postcode
- N1 5JU[1]
- URN
- 143756[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 861 2024/25[17]
- English as an additional language
- 45.8% 2024/25[17]
- SEN support
- 13.5% 2024/25[17]
- EHC plan
- 4.2% 2024/25[17]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 60.1% 2024/25[17]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 35.6%[18]
- Mixed
- 12%[18]
- Asian
- 5.7%[18]
- Black
- 32.4%[18]
- Any other ethnic group
- 12.1%[18]
- Unclassified
- 2.2%[18]
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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. 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.
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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.
- 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: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2023/24, 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.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2019/20. 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.
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shoreditch.cola.org.uk: shoreditch.cola.org.uk — SP admissions arrangements 2027-28 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16.
Licence: copyright-quoted.
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Published Admissions Number (PAN) City of London Academy Shoreditch Park has an admission number of 180 year 7 places in September 2027. (p. 1)
- 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.