SCHOOL PROFILE

The City Academy, Hackney: data, trends and context

The City Academy, Hackney is a secondary school in Hackney. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
135835
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Hackney
Region
London
Trust
CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
E9 6EA
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,149
FSM eligible
58.4%
EAL / First language other than English
38.5%
SEND (total)
21.5%
SEN Support
16.7%
EHCP
4.8%
White British
8.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.2%
Overall absence
7.8%
Persistent absence
22.1%
Severe absence
1.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
HackneyLocal authority92.1%7.9%3.6%
LondonRegion92.7%7.3%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
15.1%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
8.9%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.09%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
49.1
English & maths grade 5+
48.4%
English & maths grade 4+
71.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

See The City Academy, Hackney against 25 similar schools

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The City Academy, Hackney is a secondary school in Hackney. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.