Schools in City of London
6 schools in the City of London local authority.
Schools
6
Open schools
Pupils
2,891
2025–26 census
Good or better
100%
2 of 2 graded
Academic Performance
9.6
out of 10 · 2 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 2 100%
- Good
- 0 0%
- Requires improvement
- 0 0%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
4 not judged
9.6
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 2 of 6 schools that can be scored
Pupils
2,891
pupils on roll
Boys 56%44% Girls
Ethnicity
White
29%Asian
40%Black
4%Mixed
21%Any other group
6%Ethnicity from 1 of 6 schools (229 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 22.7%
- First language not English
- 58.1%
- Young carers
- 7.4%
52 of 229 pupils · 1 of 6 schools
133 of 229 pupils · 1 of 6 schools
17 of 229 pupils · 1 of 6 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 3
- Secondary
- 2
- Not recorded
- 1
Top primary schools in City of London
The highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
Browse all 6 schools in City of London — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.
About schools in City of London
- How many schools are there in City of London?
- City of London has 6 open schools — 3 primary, 2 secondary, teaching 2,891 pupils in total.
- How many schools in City of London are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 2 of the 2 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 100% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 2 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 6: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in City of London?
- 9.6 out of 10, averaged across the 2 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some City of London schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 4 schools in City of London currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does City of London local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. City of London covers 6 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in City of London are eligible for free school meals?
- 22.7% — 52 of 229 pupils at the 1 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.