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Greig City Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
High Street, Hornsey, Haringey, London N8 7NU · greigcityacademy.co.uk · 020 8609 0100
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Nov 2019
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 41.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Haringey 48.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- 1.96 mi
- 3.16 km · Year 7, September 2026 entry · Haringey Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,137
- 95% of 1,200 places
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 37.4%
- First language not English
- 46.9%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Greig City Academy
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 1.96 mi (3.16 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 2.56 mi (4.11 km). Source: Haringey Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 157 families put the school first and 191 places were offered; 92% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 191 | 157 | 0.8 | 92% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 190 | 145 | 0.8 | 91% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 193 | 139 | 0.7 | 97% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 218 | 85 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 221 | 98 | 0.4 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Year 7 | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 1.96 mi3.16 km | |
| September 2025 | 2.56 mi4.11 km | |
| September 2024 | 2.93 mi4.71 km | |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 41.6, and 26.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Haringey it was 48.5, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C- (26.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼41.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼50.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼33.0% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.49 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 44.5 | −21.2 |
| Sixth form college | 13 | +6.7 |
| Further education | 29 | +10.1 |
| Other education | 0.5 | −0.9 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.5 | −2.1 |
| Activity not captured | 9.5 | — |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 95 students | C- (26.8) | Below average -0.33 | |
| 97 students | C- (26.7) | Below average -0.31 | |
| 74 students | Merit- (22.5) | Below average -0.26 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 67 | C- (25.7) | -0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 75 | C- (26.8) | — |
| 2021/22 | 73 | C+ (31.8) | — |
| 2018/19 | 66 | C (30.5) | -0.04 |
| 2017/18 | 102 | D+ (25) | -0.28 |
| 2016/17 | 73 | D+ (24.2) | -0.25 |
| 2015/16 | 102 | C- (26.7) | -0.01 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 64.8 | +6.1 |
| Further and other education | 5.7 | +0.9 |
| Further education | 2.3 | −0.6 |
| Other education | 3.4 | +1.5 |
| Employment | 13.6 | +3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 9.1 | −7.2 |
| Activity not captured | 6.8 | −0.9 |
Ofsted
Greig City Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 27 November 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Jan 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 14 Jan 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Nov 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Dec 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Nov 2011Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good 16 to 19 study programmes Good
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (83 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 83
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 65% who raised concerns
based on the 25% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (22%) with SEND