City of London Academy Highbury Grove
About the school
City of London Academy Highbury Grove is an open secondary school in Islington.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 26 April 2022
- Published
- 20 June 2022
- Inspection type
- Academy First Section 5
- Latest outcome
- Good
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 45.4
- Islington
- 47
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Islington
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 44.70%
- Islington
- 48.00%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 63.30%
- Islington
- 64.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 45.70%
- Islington
- 47.70%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 4.16
- Islington
- 4.27
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- C
Average A-level points
- School
- 30.38
AAB or better
- School
- 9.10%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1010
Girls
36.73%
Boys
63.27%
SEN support
13.76%
Education, health and care plan
3.37%
English as an additional language
25.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
60.07%
Overall absence
10.13
Persistent absence
28.07
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
174
Sustained education or employment
89%
Education
87%
Apprenticeship
1%
Employment
1%
Not sustained
9%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
68
Sustained education or employment
84%
Higher education
62%
Further education
4%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
15%