City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park

Term dates

Free schools can set their own term dates. Many follow Hackney council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Hackney's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 205 families put this school as their first choice, and 170 places were offered. 137 of the families who put it first got a place (67%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 22 January 2025. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Free school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–19

Pupils

914 (capacity 1140)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST

Phone

02030112162

Address

Hyde Road, London, N1 5JU

Website

shoreditch.cola.org.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports