The London Screen Academy
0.2 miles867 pupils · A level average B- (2024/25)
State-funded · Secondary · Islington
City of London Academy Highbury Grove
Academy sponsor led · Ages 11 to 18 · Mixed · 892 pupils
Closes in 21 days Application deadline 31 October 2026
At a glance
- Type
- Academy sponsor led (state-funded)
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 892 census January 2026
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Head
- Ms Aimee Lyall
- Trust
- CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST
- Address
- 8 Highbury Grove, Islington, London, N5 2EQ
- Borough
- Islington
- Telephone
- 02072888900
- DfE reference (URN)
- 144962
- Website
- highburygrove.cola.org.uk
Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools · daily extract as at 2026-10-07 · last checked 9 October 2026
Where leavers went
Official destination measures after GCSEs (key stage 4)
| Staying in education or employment for at least 2 terms after key stage 4 | 89% |
|---|---|
| In a sustained education destination | 87% |
| Going to a school sixth form | 34% |
| Going to a sixth-form college | 5% |
| Going to a further education college or other FE provider | 47% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 1% |
| In sustained employment | 1% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 9% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 174 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
Official destination measures after 16 to 18 study
| Staying in education, apprenticeship or employment for at least 2 terms after 16-18 study | 84% |
|---|---|
| Progressing to higher education | 62% |
| Progressing to further education | 4% |
| In a sustained apprenticeship | 0% |
| In sustained employment | 15% |
| Whose destination was not sustained | 13% |
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2022/23 cohort · last checked 9 October 2026 · 68 leavers, cohort that left in 2022/23
These are destinations schools have published for past leavers. They describe what happened, not what will happen for any one child. How to read this.
Key dates for 2027 entry
Year 7 (11+)
- Application deadlineSaturday 31 October 2026Closes in 21 days
National closing date for Year 7 applications: Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply through your home borough's coordinated scheme (eAdmissions), not directly to the school.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026
- National offer dayMonday 1 March 2027Upcoming
Secondary National Offer Day: Monday 1 March 2027. Offers are released by your home borough.
Source: Your borough's admissions page · checked 9 Oct 2026
- Accept your offerDate not statedDate not stated
Accept the offer by the deadline given in your offer letter; your home borough sets the date.
Source: GOV.UK · checked 9 Oct 2026
Sixth form (16+)
- Registration deadlineDate not statedDate not stated
Applications for a sixth form place, for the following September, can be submitted online in the autumn or spring term, up until February
Source: highburygrove.cola.org.uk
Get a reminder before City of London Academy Highbury Grove's deadlines
One email 14, 7 and 1 day before each dated deadline we hold. No account needed.
A status ("Closes in 12 days") is shown only for a closing date we have checked, worked out from today's date, 10 October 2026. Other dates are printed as the school published them, with its own wording beside them. Dates given only as "early January" are shown as approximate and never counted down. Always confirm with the school or council.
Open days and tours
- Open morning · 11+Thursday 15 October 2026
11+ Source
- Sixth-form open evening · 16+Wednesday 11 November 2026
Dates as published on the school's own page, read 10 Oct 2026. Schools add and change dates at short notice and most ask you to book: confirm with the school. All open days in London
Admissions
You apply through the council where you live, not to the school, naming up to six schools in order on one form. Every applicant on time hears on the same national offer day.
98 first-preference applications and 425 applications naming it at any preference for 174 places offered (September 2026 entry, DfE)
| Entry | Places offered | First preferences | All preferences |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 174 | 98 | 425 |
| September 2025 | 170 | 89 | 470 |
| September 2024 | 188 | 123 | 570 |
| September 2023 | 188 | 92 | 537 |
These are counts of applications and offers on national offer day. They are not a chance of getting in: places are allocated by the school's published admissions criteria, such as siblings, distance or faith.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary school applications and offers · entry years up to 2026/27 · last checked 9 October 2026
Islington: Year 7 offers, September 2026 entry
Across the borough, 66.2% of applicants were offered their first preference and 94.5% were offered one of their preferences (1,593 applications). These are borough-wide figures, not a forecast for any school or child.
Source: Department for Education, Secondary and primary schools applications and offers 2026 · entry years 2014/15 to 2026/27 (release published 2026-06-18) · last checked 9 October 2026
Inspection
Ofsted graded inspection, 26 April 2022: overall effectiveness at that inspection was Good
Ofsted stopped giving state schools a single overall grade in September 2024. This grade dates from the inspection shown; it is not a current rating.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth-form provision
- Good
Source: Ofsted, Management information - state-funded schools - latest inspections as at 31 August 2026 · latest inspections as at 2026-08-31 · last checked 9 October 2026
Results
GCSE (key stage 4), 2024/25
- Attainment 8 score2022/23: 40.8 · 2023/24: 47.245.4This school47Islington46.1England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 33% · 2023/24: 52%45%This school48%Islington45%England, state-funded
- % achieving grade 4 or above in English and maths GCSEs2022/23: 51% · 2023/24: 67%63%This school64%Islington65%England, state-funded
- % entering the English Baccalaureate2022/23: 66% · 2023/24: 52%46%This school48%Islington40%England, state-funded
- EBacc average point score2022/23: 3.76 · 2023/24: 4.364.16This school4.27Islington4.09England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 199 pupils in the cohort
A level (16 to 18), 2024/25
- A level average result, expressed as a grade2022/23: C · 2023/24: C-CThis schoolB-IslingtonB-England, state-funded
- A level average point score per entry2022/23: 29.2 · 2023/24: 25.730.4This school37.5Islington35England, state-funded
- Average point score for a student's best 3 A levels2022/23: 28.9 · 2023/24: 26.530.3This school32.9Islington35.8England, state-funded
- % of A level students achieving AAB or higher including at least 2 facilitating subjects2022/23: 14% · 2023/24: 0%9%This school14%Islington18%England, state-funded
- A level value added score2023/24: 0.020.13This school-0.03England, state-funded
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · academic year 2024/25 · 36 pupils in the cohort
Pupils and context
- Eligible for free school meals
- 58.9% January 2026
- English as an additional language
- 25%
- Receiving SEN support
- 13.8%
- With an Education, Health and Care Plan
- 3.4%
- Girls / boys
- 37% / 63%
Source: Department for Education, Compare school and college performance · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · school census 2024/25
Attendance and staffing
- Overall absence
- 10.1% 2024/25
- Persistently absent (missed 10% or more)
- 28.1%
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.4 2025/26
Source: Department for Education, Absence rates by school level · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026
Places
- Places
- 1,350
- Pupils on roll
- 1,003
Source: Department for Education, Capacity - school / Sixth form capacity - school · 2024/25 · last checked 9 October 2026 · position at 1 May, 2024/25
Nearby schools
Schools covering the same ages within about a mile, by straight-line distance (not walking or travel time).
Highbury Fields School
0.3 miles733 pupils · Attainment 8 57.4 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
195 pupils · A level average B (2024/25) · £10,817 to £10,933 a term (2026-27)
Registration: closes in 37 days (16 Nov 2026)
St Mary Magdalene Academy
0.5 miles1,561 pupils · Attainment 8 59.3 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
1,665 pupils · Attainment 8 48.4 (2024/25)
Applications: closes in 21 days (31 Oct 2026)
Compare with similar schools
Side-by-side comparisons with the nearest schools of the same type. Sourced facts only; no winner is declared.
- City of London Academy Highbury Grove and Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form0.8 miles apart
- City of London Academy Highbury Grove and City of London Academy Islington0.9 miles apart
- City of London Academy Highbury Grove and The Excelsior Academy1.1 miles apart
- City of London Academy Highbury Grove and City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park1.2 miles apart