City Heights E-ACT Academy, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
Estimated admission likelihood based on school density and oversubscription data. Admissions policy: Non-selective
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 9 months agoOverall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
City Heights creates a caring, inclusive environment where every child feels valued and safe. The school has made impressive improvements in attendance and behaviour by understanding what each pupil needs and providing tailored support. Beyond academics, pupils benefit from an exciting range of clubs, cultural trips and mentoring programmes that prepare them well for life beyond school.
Key Strengths
- Strong safeguarding culture with effective systems to keep pupils safe and help them feel secure
- Excellent attendance and behaviour improvements, with leaders successfully reducing persistent absence and suspensions
- High-quality pastoral care and personal development programme that celebrates diversity and builds pupils' confidence for life after school
- Effective support for disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs through targeted funding and specialist programmes
- Wide range of enrichment activities and trips available to all pupils, with barriers to access removed
Areas for Improvement
- Variable teaching quality across subjects means some pupils develop gaps in knowledge that are not routinely addressed
- Mathematics needs focused improvement - current actions are early stage with limited impact so far
- Some staff do not have high enough expectations and do not consistently challenge pupils to do their best
- Inconsistent adaptation of teaching for pupils with special educational needs means some do not access the curriculum as well as they could
- Some pupils quietly opt out of learning activities without this being identified or challenged quickly enough
Safeguarding
Safeguarding standards are met - leaders and governors have established an open culture where safeguarding is everyone's responsibility, concerns are actively identified and managed, and pupils are made safer and feel safe.
Extracurricular Activities
Manchester United mentoring, sign language, culture club, coding club, barbershop club, baking club, personal finance club, philosophical debate club, trips to Berlin and Vienna, partnerships with Dulwich College, music lessons, educational visits
City Heights E-ACT Academy is a school where pupils feel safe and happy in a calm, orderly environment with strong pastoral care and enrichment opportunities. However, inconsistent teaching across subjects means some pupils are not achieving as well as they could, particularly in mathematics.
At a Glance
54.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
Yes
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
24.6
Avg class size
13
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
42%
Available places
460 pupils
1,100 capacity
640 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG housing supply data for London
Admissions Demand - Lambeth
Places available
2,421
Applications
2,225
Got 1st preference
64.1%
Got preferred school
92.4%
Secondary admissions across Lambeth (2025/26)
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Pupil Demographics
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School Funding
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Pupil Absence2024/25
8.53059%
Overall absence
28.21012%
Persistent absence
514
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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Feeder Primary Schools
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City Heights E-ACT Academy
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