Academy sponsor led · Lambeth

City Heights E-ACT Academy

11–18Ages
460Pupils
SecondaryPhase
Sixth formAges 16–18
137954URN

33 Abbots Park, Tulse Hill, London, SW2 3PW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Dec 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.6per place

1.6 below Lambeth median (3.2)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Lambeth

111 applications for 71 places · 13th of 13 in Lambeth

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

37.8of 90

Lambeth 45.2 England 46.0

16th of 16 in Lambeth

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 9 December 2025Published 1 February 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Expected standard	Needs attention
Inclusion		Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching			Needs attention
Achievement			Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour		Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Expected standard
Early years	Does not apply to this school
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Expected standard

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

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

9 December 2025
Report card · 4 Expected standard, 2 Needs attention
29 September 2021
Graded inspection: Good

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

1.6applications per place, Year 7

1.6 below Lambeth median (3.2) 0.7 below England median (2.2)

111 applications · 71 places offered · 15 named it first

2026 1.6; Lambeth median median 3.2
2025 0.9; Lambeth median median 3.5
2024 1.1; Lambeth median median 2.8
2023 1.3; Lambeth median median 3.2
2022 1.2; Lambeth median median 3.2
2021 1.0; Lambeth median median 3.1
2020 1.3; Lambeth median median 3.1
2019 1.4; Lambeth median median 2.7
2018 2.1; Lambeth median median 2.5
2017 2.5; Lambeth median median 3.1
2016 2.9; Lambeth median median 3.0
2015 2.4; Lambeth median median 3.1
2014 2.2; Lambeth median median 3.5

More applications per place than the Lambeth median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Lambeth 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	71	111	1.6	15	0.21
Sep 2025	106	98	0.9	19	0.18
Sep 2024	109	123	1.1	20	0.18
Sep 2023	117	152	1.3	40	0.34
Sep 2022	143	165	1.2	33	0.23
Sep 2021	133	130	1.0	25	0.19
Sep 2020	119	155	1.3	25	0.21
Sep 2019	173	242	1.4	39	0.23
Sep 2018	173	362	2.1	64	0.37
Sep 2017	174	437	2.5	103	0.59
Sep 2016	174	511	2.9	102	0.59
Sep 2015	173	422	2.4	119	0.69
Sep 2014	175	392	2.2	88	0.50

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

104 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)37.816th of 16 in Lambeth

Lambeth 45.2 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths24%16th of 16 in Lambeth

Lambeth 43% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths42%

Lambeth 58% England 66%

This school
Lambeth median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.37

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	104	37.8	24%	42%	–
2024/25	110	40.6	25%	48%	–
2023/24	128	36.7	27%	48%	−0.37
2022/23	164	33.0	24%	42%	−0.75

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

City Heights E-ACT AcademyThis school
This school

2025

1.6applications per place 37.8Attainment 8
The Elmgreen School
0.8 km · Lambeth

Good2022

4.0applications per place 44.7Attainment 8
Dunraven School
1.1 km · Lambeth

Good2023

6.6applications per place 49.6Attainment 8
Trinity Academy
1.6 km · Lambeth

Remains Good2022

1.9applications per place 40.0Attainment 8
Harris Academy Clapham
1.8 km · Lambeth

Good2023

3.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
2.0 km · Lambeth

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.4applications per place 58.6Attainment 8
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School
2.1 km · Lambeth

Outstanding2023

2.1applications per place 53.2Attainment 8
Ark Evelyn Grace Academy
2.2 km · Lambeth

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 38.2Attainment 8
Kingsdale Foundation School
2.3 km · Southwark

Outstanding2023

6.9applications per place 56.9Attainment 8

School details

Type: Academy sponsor led
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 137954 · 208/6907
Trust: E-Act
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 1,100 pupils · 460 on roll
Free school meals: 54.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 2013
Address: 33 Abbots Park, Tulse Hill, London, SW2 3PW
Local authority: Lambeth

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