City Heights E-ACT Academy
33 Abbots Park, Tulse Hill, London, SW2 3PW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- E-ACT
- Headteacher
- Mrs Felicity Koranteng
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- E-ACT
- Constituency
- Clapham and Brixton Hill
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,100
- Pupils on roll
- 460
- URN
- 137954
- Local authority
- Lambeth
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02036914600
About this school
City Heights E-ACT Academy is a secondary academy in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 460 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 164 | 128 | 110 |
| Attainment 8 score | 33.0 | 36.7 | 40.6 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.75 -1.00 to -0.51 | -0.37 -0.64 to -0.10 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 27.3% | 24.5% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 41% | 47.7% | 48.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 49% | 59.4% | 47.3% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How City Heights E-ACT Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Lambeth average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 33 | 36.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.7 | 36.1 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.6 | 37.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 581 |
| 2023/24 | 549 |
| 2024/25 | 473 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How City Heights E-ACT Academy compares
City Heights E-ACT Academy ranked 12th of 15 secondary schools in Lambeth for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.6 | 8.5% | 60.9% | 460 | — |
| The Elmgreen School | 40.1 | 9.8% | 43.6% | 1,082 | 0.5 miles |
| Trinity Academy | 38.7 | 9.5% | 52.6% | 616 | 1.0 miles |
| Harris Academy Clapham | 42.4 | 7.9% | 63% | 802 | 1.1 miles |
| Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School | 57.7 | 3.7% | 24.1% | 1,187 | 1.2 miles |
| La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School | 48.8 | 5.6% | 45.4% | 1,197 | 1.3 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report9 December 2025
- 29 September 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 60.89%
- English as an additional language
- 59%
- Overall absence
- 8.53%
- Persistent absence
- 28.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Elmgreen School0.5 miles
Secondary · London
-
Trinity Academy1.0 miles
Secondary · London
-
Harris Academy Clapham1.1 miles
Secondary · London
-
Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School1.2 miles
Secondary · London
-
La Retraite Roman Catholic Girls' School1.3 miles
Secondary · London
Other schools in London
City Heights E-ACT Academy ranks 234th of the 258 ranked secondary schools in London.
- Acland Burghley School Secondary
- Ada Lovelace Church of England High School Secondary
- Addey and Stanhope School Secondary
- AIM Academy North London Secondary
- Alexandra Park School Secondary
- All Saints Catholic College Secondary
- All Saints Catholic High School Secondary
- Ark Acton Academy Secondary
- Ark All Saints Academy Secondary
- Ark Bolingbroke Academy Secondary
- Ark Burlington Danes Academy Secondary
- Ark Elvin Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does City Heights E-ACT Academy teach?
- City Heights E-ACT Academy teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of City Heights E-ACT Academy?
- The headteacher of City Heights E-ACT Academy is Mrs Felicity Koranteng, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was City Heights E-ACT Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected City Heights E-ACT Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is City Heights E-ACT Academy?
- City Heights E-ACT Academy has 460 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is City Heights E-ACT Academy full?
- City Heights E-ACT Academy has capacity for 1,100 pupils and 460 on roll (42%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is City Heights E-ACT Academy a faith school?
- No. City Heights E-ACT Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is City Heights E-ACT Academy a selective school?
- No. City Heights E-ACT Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs City Heights E-ACT Academy?
- City Heights E-ACT Academy is part of E-ACT. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have City Heights E-ACT Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 33 in 2022/23 and 40.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does City Heights E-ACT Academy rank locally?
- City Heights E-ACT Academy ranked 12th of 15 secondary schools in Lambeth for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is City Heights E-ACT Academy's absence rate?
- City Heights E-ACT Academy's overall absence rate is 8.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are City Heights E-ACT Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, City Heights E-ACT Academy's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.