City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
Hyde Road, London, N1 5JU
914 pupils · 80% of 1,140 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 58.4%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 22 January 2025, published 4 March 2025. 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 | 54.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 58.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 79.8% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 63.8% |
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?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.21 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 170 | 205 | 714 | 170 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 169 | 135 | 580 | 169 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 175 | 134 | 608 | 175 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 172 | 202 | 678 | 172 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 189 | 207 | 700 | 183 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 174 | 181 | 620 | 174 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 94 | 144 | 603 | 94 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 98 | 108 | 632 | 98 |
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
- Haggerston School 0.4 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- The Bridge Academy 0.5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Oaklands School 0.6 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Mulberry Academy Shoreditch 0.7 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Waterside Academy 0.9 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Swanlea School 1.5 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
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.