City of London Academy Highbury Grove is a secondary school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are inadequate. The school inspection was carried out on 14/12/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6.2%, which is 2.2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: 8 Highbury Grove, London, N5 2EQ
Website: www.highburygrove.cola.org.uk
Telephone: 02072888900
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Islington
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Aimee Lyall
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 144962

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 14/12/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1149
Number of Pupils: 1078
Number of Boys: 681
Number of Girls: 397

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6.2% 4%
Persistent absence: 16.3% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.41 Confidence interval -0.59 to -0.22
Of the 196 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 189 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:67%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:37%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:41.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.94
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre
20 Halcomb Street , Hoxton N1 5RF 		4out of 4 2,120 yd Local authority nursery school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
North Islington Nursery School
110-112 Tollington Park , N4 3RB 		3out of 4 2,345 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre
Yorkway Court , Copenhagen Street N1 0UH 		4out of 4 2,378 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Columbia Market Nursery School
Columbia Road , Bethnal Green E2 7PG 		4out of 4 3,159 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Drayton Park Primary School
Arvon Road , N5 1PJ 		3out of 4 627 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Canonbury Primary School
Canonbury Road , N1 2UT 		3out of 4 628 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Highbury Quadrant Primary School
Highbury New Park , N5 2DP 		3out of 4 675 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Laycock Primary School
Laycock Street , Upper Street N1 1SW 		3out of 4 817 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Joan of Arc RC Primary School
Northolme Road , Highbury Park N5 2UX 		3out of 4 823 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
City of London Academy Highbury Grove
8 Highbury Grove , Islington N5 2EQ 		1out of 4 0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Highbury Fields School
Highbury Hill , N5 1AR 		4out of 4 452 yd Community school No Girls More About School
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
Clissold Road , N16 9EX 		3out of 4 1,401 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
City of London Academy Islington
Prebend Street , Islington N1 8PQ 		4out of 4 1,654 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The Petchey Academy
Shacklewell Lane , Hackney E8 2EY 		3out of 4 1,987 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The London Screen Academy
Highbury Grove , Highbury East N5 2AD 		- not rated 371 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School
Capital City College Group
211 Gray's Inn Road , WC1X 8RA 		- not rated 3,202 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary Magdalene Academy
Liverpool Road , Islington N7 8PG 		3out of 4 949 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Samuel Rhodes MLD School
11 Highbury New Park , N5 2EG 		4out of 4 102 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Mary Magdalene Academy: the Courtyard
Holloway Road , Islington N7 8LT 		3out of 4 703 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
North Bridge House Canonbury School
6-9 Canonbury Place , London N1 2NQ 		- not rated 710 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
St Paul's Steiner School
1 St Paul's Road , Islington N1 2QH 		- not rated 834 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
London Metropolitan University
166 - 220 Holloway Road , N7 8DB 		- not rated 962 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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