Clapton Girls' Academy, London

In 2026, pupils at Clapton Girls' Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 60.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 52.3 in Hackney and 47 across England.

72% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 57% in Hackney and 47% in England.

That is up from 59.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.84: pupils made well above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 52.2, against 67.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 22 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Geography.

For September 2026 entry, 258 families put Clapton Girls' Academy as their first choice and 559 named it as one of their preferences, for 171 places offered. That is 1.5 first choices for every place. 104 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Clapton Girls' Academy are The City Academy, Hackney (0.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.2); Mossbourne Community Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 67.2); Cardinal Pole Catholic School (0.6 miles, Attainment 8 46.1); and The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School (0.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 41.7).

Clapton Girls' Academy's 2026 results were higher than 3 of these 4 schools.

Clapton Girls' Academy is run by its own single-school academy trust.

Of the 175 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college.

Of the 140 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 59% went on to university or other higher education, 6% to apprenticeships and 9% into work. 25% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

40.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 25.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (25%), Asian (23%) and Black (19%).

The nearest railway station is Clapton Station, about 830 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Clapton Girls' Tech College, 170 metres away.

In 2024/25, Clapton Girls' Academy issued 27 suspensions, 2.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Clapton Girls' Academy are Millfields Community School (under 0.1 miles); Rushmore Primary School (0.2 miles); The Olive School, Hackney (0.3 miles); and Nightingale Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.