City Heights E-ACT Academy
33 Abbots Park, London, SW2 3PW
460 pupils · 42% of 1,100 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- E-ACT
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 54.3%
Ofsted
Expected standard (2025) — Report card — the most common grade across the inspected areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
| Safeguarding | Met |
Inspected 9 December 2025, published 1 February 2026. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 40.6 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 24.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 48.2% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 47.3% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.21 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 71 | 15 | 111 | 31 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 106 | 19 | 98 | 30 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 109 | 20 | 123 | 33 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 117 | 40 | 152 | 66 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 143 | 33 | 165 | 58 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 133 | 25 | 130 | 41 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 119 | 25 | 155 | 51 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 173 | 39 | 242 | 87 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- The Elmgreen School 0.8 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Trinity Academy 1.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Harris Academy Clapham 1.8 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School 2 km · No overall grade (2025)
- La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School 2.1 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Ark Evelyn Grace Academy 2.2 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.