Greig City Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Haringey
High Street, London, N8 7NU
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 27/11/2019
Application demand
91%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
90.2%
30.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,137
Capacity used
Nearly full95%
1,200 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
91%
1st preference success rate
132 of 145 families who put it first got an offer
190
Places offered
559
Total applications
2.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 145 | 132 | ● 91% |
| 2nd preference | 119 | 38 | ● 32% |
| 3rd preference | 111 | 11 | ● 10% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 184 | 9 | ● 5% |
| Total | 559 | 190 | 34% |
1st preference success by year
Haringey lets families list 6 preferences. 64 applications came from outside the council area (14 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Paul Sutton
- Address
- High Street, Hornsey, London, N8 7NU
- Phone
- 02086090100
- Local authority
- Haringey
- Ward / constituency
- Hornsey · Hornsey and Friern Barnet
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 133386
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 37% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 57% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: GREIG CITY ACADEMY
1,137 pupils · 1,200 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
15 January 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained - 19
27 November 2019
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessSixth form Good Personal development Outstanding Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,042 pupils
Attendance
90.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
9.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
30.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
5.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
4.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.3 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.47 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 55% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.62 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 25.73 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 41.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 26.4% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 50% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 33% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.49 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 182 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.77 | 35 |
| Average grade | C- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 8.9% | 17% |
| A-level students | 95 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 183 | 12% | 32% | 52% | |
| English Language | 176 | 9% | 35% | 55% | |
| English Literature | 176 | 10% | 48% | 64% | |
| Religious Studies | 166 | 13% | 37% | 52% | |
| Combined Science | 139 | 3% | 17% | 30% | |
| Business | 89 | 7% | 21% | 40% | |
| Spanish | 75 | 36% | 48% | 52% | |
| Art and Design | 64 | 16% | 50% | 63% | |
| Geography | 63 | 11% | 27% | 46% | |
| Computer Science | 60 | 13% | 37% | 55% | |
| History | 47 | 19% | 40% | 51% | |
| Biology | 43 | 14% | 51% | 72% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 28 | 7% | 14% | 39% | |
| Turkish | 23 | 0% | 4% | 35% | |
| Computer Science | 23 | 0% | 9% | 43% | |
| Economics | 21 | 0% | 0% | 10% | |
| Biology | 18 | 0% | 0% | 6% | |
| Physics | 14 | 0% | 21% | 43% | |
| Psychology | 12 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Art and Design | 11 | 0% | 9% | 45% | |
| Chemistry | 10 | 0% | 20% | 30% | |
| Sociology | 9 | 11% | 33% | 56% | |
| Media / Film / TV Studies | 9 | 11% | 11% | 22% | |
| Spanish | 7 | 14% | 43% | 86% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 16521: Greig City Academy, London N8
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 59% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 2% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 63% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Haringey council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.