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Academy sponsor led · Hackney

The City Academy, Hackney

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,149Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 135835URN

Homerton Row, Hackney, London, E9 6EA · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
4.5per place
1.5 above Hackney median (3.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Hackney

779 applications for 173 places · 3rd of 14 in Hackney
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
53.2of 90
6th of 15 in Hackney
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 28 March 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth form provisionOutstanding

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
4.5applications per place, Year 7
1.5 above Hackney median (3.0) 2.3 above England median (2.2)

779 applications · 173 places offered · 165 named it first

  1. 2026 4.5; Hackney median median 3.0
  2. 2025 4.5; Hackney median median 2.9
  3. 2024 5.2; Hackney median median 3.2
  4. 2023 5.5; Hackney median median 2.6
  5. 2022 5.8; Hackney median median 3.2
  6. 2021 6.0; Hackney median median 3.6
  7. 2020 7.1; Hackney median median 4.0
  8. 2019 8.2; Hackney median median 3.9
  9. 2018 7.8; Hackney median median 3.4
  10. 2017 7.9; Hackney median median 4.1
  11. 2016 7.5; Hackney median median 4.0
  12. 2015 7.5; Hackney median median 3.8
  13. 2014 6.9; Hackney median median 3.7
More applications per place than the Hackney median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Hackney median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261737794.51650.95
Sep 20251707594.51690.99
Sep 20241849475.22031.10
Sep 20231779795.51981.12
Sep 20221941,1185.82541.31
Sep 20211821,0896.02521.38
Sep 20201701,1987.12771.63
Sep 20191691,3828.23161.87
Sep 20181851,4347.83481.88
Sep 20171801,4177.93311.84
Sep 20161851,3857.53271.77
Sep 20151691,2627.52891.71
Sep 20141671,1556.92691.61

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

188 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)53.26th of 15 in Hackney
Grade 5 or above in English and maths62%5th of 15 in Hackney
Grade 4 or above in English and maths77%
  • This school
  • Hackney median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.56
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)18853.262%77%–
2024/2518849.148%71%–
2023/2418453.159%80%+0.56
2022/2318952.355%73%+0.31

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
135835 · 204/6908
Trust
City of London Academies Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,170 pupils · 1,149 on roll
Free school meals
59.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2009
Address
Homerton Row, Hackney, London, E9 6EA
Local authority
Hackney

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources