City Heights E-ACT Academy

State-Funded School

city-heights-e-act-academy-lambeth-london

LondonRegion

LambethLocal Authority

Clapham and Brixton HillConstituency

SW2 3PWPostcode

2.2

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

City Heights E-ACT Academy is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Lambeth, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 460 pupils. City Heights E-ACT Academy is part of E-ACT.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 9 Dec 2025 · published 1 Feb 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 40.6
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 24.5%
EBacc average point score: 3.6

Ethnicity

White

19%

Asian

Black

46%

Mixed

19%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

460

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

54%

England average

27%

First language not English

60%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 460
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: E-ACT

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
13 Dec 2021	Good	Good	Outstanding	Outstanding	Good
29 May 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.