SCHOOL PROFILE

City of London Academy, Highgate Hill: data, trends and context

City of London Academy, Highgate Hill is a secondary school in Islington. 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
143659
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Free schools
Status
Open
Local authority
Islington
Region
London
Trust
CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST
Postcode
N19 3EU
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
None
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
641
FSM eligible
55.9%
EAL / First language other than English
43.4%
SEND (total)
18.1%
SEN Support
15.8%
EHCP
2.3%
White British
5.9%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
92.7%
Overall absence
7.3%
Persistent absence
17.8%
Severe absence
3.8%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
IslingtonLocal authority91.2%8.8%5.1%
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
38.2%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
16.8%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.00%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
40.3
English & maths grade 5+
33.0%
English & maths grade 4+
57.4%

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

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