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City Heights E-ACT Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Sponsored academy
33 Abbots Park, Tulse Hill, London SW2 3PW · cityheightsacademy.e-act.org.uk · 020 3691 4600
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 40.6
- average Attainment 8 score. Lambeth 45.4, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Lambeth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.2
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 460
- 42% of 1,100 places
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 54.3%
- First language not English
- 59.6%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- E-Act
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Lambeth Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 15 families put the school first and 71 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 71 | 15 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 106 | 19 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 109 | 20 | 0.2 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 117 | 40 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 143 | 33 | 0.2 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 40.6, and 24.5% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Lambeth it was 45.4, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼40.6 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼24.5% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼48.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲47.3% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.60 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 21.9 | −15.1 |
| Sixth form college | 21.9 | +7.6 |
| Further education | 42.2 | +13 |
| Other education | 0.8 | −1.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.3 | −5.4 |
| Activity not captured | 7 | +5.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected City Heights E-ACT Academy on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Needs attention |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Sept 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Sept 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2019Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
78% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 78%
- Positive
- 76%
- Replies
- 60
- 13% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 8 parents (13%) whose child was bullied
based on 17 parents (28%) with SEND