City of London Academy (Southwark)

City of London Academy (Southwark) is a secondary school (Academy sponsor led), ages 11–19, in London, SE1, in the Southwark council area. It has 1,589 pupils in the published census. Latest Ofsted inspection (3 February 2026): Report card: Strong standard in 6 areas, Expected standard in 1 area. It is listed as non-selective.

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Admissions

Distances are in miles (mi), as in the map app. PAN is the published admission number. Bands and admission groups have separate criteria; school-wide places, applications and offers are not counts for each band. Past offers are a guide, not a promise of a place.

Community primary schools: "The LA uses the eastings and northings linked to an applicant's address to calculate a straight-line distance measurement to all of our community schools in Southwark, which is generated by our Capita pupil database" (council's "Admission arrangements for September 2026 intake" for community primary schools, section 1.1 note (e)). The same document adds that Ivydale Primary School (which has two sites) is measured to each site's main gate, the shorter distance used; and that flats sharing a communal entrance are measured to the block, with lower door numbers prioritised in a tie. Secondary schools set their own arrangements as their own admissions authorities: most measure a straight-line distance from the home address to the school's main entrance/gate (a few instead to a stated "admission nodal point" some distance from the school, e.g. a road junction) -- but The City of London Academy (Southwark) measures "the shortest safe walking distance" to its nodal point, not a straight line.

Nodal point: "the corner of Lynton Road and St James's Road by the main academy building", measured by the shortest SAFE WALKING distance (not a straight line) from the child's home -- the only Southwark secondary school known to use a walking-route measure. No applications, banding-test or distance-of-last-offer outcome data is centrally published for this school; only the published admission number and admission arrangements are recorded (see module docstring).

Southwark admissions information and published allocations

Ofsted

Report card: Strong standard in 6 areas, Expected standard in 1 area — inspected 3 February 2026.

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Results

Progress 8 compares progress with pupils who had similar primary results; 0 is the national average. Its publication year can differ from the other GCSE results above.

Pupils

Nearby schools

Other schools in the same council and phase. Ordered by distance where coordinates are available, then by name; locations may be postcode centres.

• Harris Academy Bermondsey
• The Charter School Bermondsey
• Ark Walworth Academy
• St Michael's Catholic College
• South Bank University Academy
• St Saviour's and St Olave's Church of England School
• Harris Academy Peckham
• The St Thomas the Apostle College