What did School Atlas judge City Heights E-ACT Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements to be?

School Atlas judged City Heights E-ACT Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements as Expected standard at its inspection in December 2025, on School Atlas's own scale.

How many pupils attend City Heights E-ACT Academy?

City Heights E-ACT Academy has 460 pupils on roll.

What ages does City Heights E-ACT Academy take?

City Heights E-ACT Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 18.

Where is City Heights E-ACT Academy located?

City Heights E-ACT Academy is located in London, SW2 3PW, Lambeth.

How do I apply to City Heights E-ACT Academy?

City Heights E-ACT Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.

How close do you need to live to get into City Heights E-ACT Academy?

Distance did not decide places at City Heights E-ACT Academy for 2025-26 (Year 7): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How are Year 7 places decided at City Heights E-ACT Academy?

When City Heights E-ACT Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked-after and previously looked-after children — Highest priority will be given to looked-after children and all previously looked-after children who apply for a place at the school; 2. Siblings — Priority will next be given to children who will have siblings on the roll of the school at the point of the new pupil joining the school; 3. Children of E-ACT staff — Priority will next be given to children whose parent/carer is employed by E-ACT (teaching and non-teaching) and whose place of employment, as set out in their contract of employment, is the Academy, and who has either: a) been employed at the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made. b) been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Applications under this criterion must be supported by the completion and submission of a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by the published deadline, and 1 further criteria. Tie-break: Where two or more applications cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, priority will be given to the child living nearest to the school, measured in accordance with the distance methodology used by the relevant Local Authority. Where two or more applicants live at the same distance from the school and it is therefore not possible to determine priority, random allocation will be used to decide between them.

What is the largest ethnic background at City Heights E-ACT Academy?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 23.9% of pupils at City Heights E-ACT Academy are recorded as Black African. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

City Heights E-ACT Academy: Ofsted, Results & Catchment 2026

How close did you need to live?

Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2025-26 (Year 7), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How places were offered at City Heights E-ACT Academy, year by year →

How places are decided at City Heights E-ACT Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked-after and previously looked-after children — Highest priority will be given to looked-after children and all previously looked-after children who apply for a place at the school.
2Siblings — Priority will next be given to children who will have siblings on the roll of the school at the point of the new pupil joining the school.
3Children of E-ACT staff — Priority will next be given to children whose parent/carer is employed by E-ACT (teaching and non-teaching) and whose place of employment, as set out in their contract of employment, is the Academy, and who has either: a) been employed at the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made. b) been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Applications under this criterion must be supported by the completion and submission of a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by the published deadline.
4Distance from school — Priority will next be given to children living nearest to the school. Distance will be measured in accordance with the methodology used by the Local Authority in which the school is situated for determining home-to-school distances for admission purposes.

If two applications tie: Where two or more applications cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, priority will be given to the child living nearest to the school, measured in accordance with the distance methodology used by the relevant Local Authority. Where two or more applicants live at the same distance from the school and it is therefore not possible to determine priority, random allocation will be used to decide between them.

All children whose EHCP names the school will be admitted before any other places are allocated (applies before the ranked oversubscription criteria). Sixth Form external PAN is 0; Academy not currently accepting external Year 12 applications.

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.

City Heights E-ACT Academy: key facts

What did School Atlas judge City Heights E-ACT Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements to be?: School Atlas judged City Heights E-ACT Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements as Expected standard at its inspection in December 2025, on School Atlas's own scale.
How many pupils attend City Heights E-ACT Academy?: City Heights E-ACT Academy has 460 pupils on roll.
What ages does City Heights E-ACT Academy take?: City Heights E-ACT Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is City Heights E-ACT Academy located?: City Heights E-ACT Academy is located in London, SW2 3PW, Lambeth.
How do I apply to City Heights E-ACT Academy?: City Heights E-ACT Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How close do you need to live to get into City Heights E-ACT Academy?: Distance did not decide places at City Heights E-ACT Academy for 2025-26 (Year 7): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Year 7 places decided at City Heights E-ACT Academy?: When City Heights E-ACT Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked-after and previously looked-after children — Highest priority will be given to looked-after children and all previously looked-after children who apply for a place at the school; 2. Siblings — Priority will next be given to children who will have siblings on the roll of the school at the point of the new pupil joining the school; 3. Children of E-ACT staff — Priority will next be given to children whose parent/carer is employed by E-ACT (teaching and non-teaching) and whose place of employment, as set out in their contract of employment, is the Academy, and who has either: a) been employed at the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made. b) been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Applications under this criterion must be supported by the completion and submission of a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by the published deadline, and 1 further criteria. Tie-break: Where two or more applications cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, priority will be given to the child living nearest to the school, measured in accordance with the distance methodology used by the relevant Local Authority. Where two or more applicants live at the same distance from the school and it is therefore not possible to determine priority, random allocation will be used to decide between them.
What is the largest ethnic background at City Heights E-ACT Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 23.9% of pupils at City Heights E-ACT Academy are recorded as Black African. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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How close did you need to live?

Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2025-26 (Year 7), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

How places were offered at City Heights E-ACT Academy, year by year →

How places are decided at City Heights E-ACT Academy

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Year 7), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked-after and previously looked-after children — Highest priority will be given to looked-after children and all previously looked-after children who apply for a place at the school.
2Siblings — Priority will next be given to children who will have siblings on the roll of the school at the point of the new pupil joining the school.
3Children of E-ACT staff — Priority will next be given to children whose parent/carer is employed by E-ACT (teaching and non-teaching) and whose place of employment, as set out in their contract of employment, is the Academy, and who has either: a) been employed at the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made. b) been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Applications under this criterion must be supported by the completion and submission of a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by the published deadline.
4Distance from school — Priority will next be given to children living nearest to the school. Distance will be measured in accordance with the methodology used by the Local Authority in which the school is situated for determining home-to-school distances for admission purposes.

City Heights E-ACT Academy: key facts

What did School Atlas judge City Heights E-ACT Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements to be?: School Atlas judged City Heights E-ACT Academy's summary of 6 ofsted judgements as Expected standard at its inspection in December 2025, on School Atlas's own scale.
How many pupils attend City Heights E-ACT Academy?: City Heights E-ACT Academy has 460 pupils on roll.
What ages does City Heights E-ACT Academy take?: City Heights E-ACT Academy admits pupils aged 11 to 18.
Where is City Heights E-ACT Academy located?: City Heights E-ACT Academy is located in London, SW2 3PW, Lambeth.
How do I apply to City Heights E-ACT Academy?: City Heights E-ACT Academy is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for secondary places is 31 October.
How close do you need to live to get into City Heights E-ACT Academy?: Distance did not decide places at City Heights E-ACT Academy for 2025-26 (Year 7): every applicant who applied on time was offered a place, so there was no cut-off distance. This changes year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.
How are Year 7 places decided at City Heights E-ACT Academy?: When City Heights E-ACT Academy has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked-after and previously looked-after children — Highest priority will be given to looked-after children and all previously looked-after children who apply for a place at the school; 2. Siblings — Priority will next be given to children who will have siblings on the roll of the school at the point of the new pupil joining the school; 3. Children of E-ACT staff — Priority will next be given to children whose parent/carer is employed by E-ACT (teaching and non-teaching) and whose place of employment, as set out in their contract of employment, is the Academy, and who has either: a) been employed at the school for 2 or more years at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made. b) been recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage. Applications under this criterion must be supported by the completion and submission of a Supplementary Information Form (SIF) by the published deadline, and 1 further criteria. Tie-break: Where two or more applications cannot be separated by the oversubscription criteria outlined above, priority will be given to the child living nearest to the school, measured in accordance with the distance methodology used by the relevant Local Authority. Where two or more applicants live at the same distance from the school and it is therefore not possible to determine priority, random allocation will be used to decide between them.
What is the largest ethnic background at City Heights E-ACT Academy?: According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 23.9% of pupils at City Heights E-ACT Academy are recorded as Black African. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

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