Secondary school

London Nautical, City of London Academy

  • Academy Sponsor Led
  • ages 11–18
  • Boys · mixed sixth form
  • Lambeth
  • SE1 9NA
Ofsted Requires improvement · inspected Jun 2023

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Results · 2024/25

Ranked 2,658 of 3,280 secondaries in England · top 82%

Top % in England, by year
2015/16: top 44%44%2016/17: top 79%2017/18: top 52%2018/19: top 73%2021/22: top 82%2022/23: top 68%2023/24: top 69%2024/25: top 82%No exams

A-level results

#434 of 438 London sixth forms, state and independent, 2024/25

Independent and selective (grammar) schools choose their pupils, so high results partly reflect who gets in, not only teaching. Some independent schools don't publish results.

Against LondonArrows: London rank change since 2018/19

Attainment 839.5 · London 50.11/10 Well below London
Grade 5+ English and maths33% · London 51.8%2/10 Well below London
EBacc point score3.46 · London 4.561/10 Well below London
Progress 8 · 2023/24-0.26 · London +0.322/10 Well below London+8.3 pts
A level points per entry21.94 · London 34.71/10 Well below London
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No exams 2019/20–21

Attainment 8
2015/16: 51 · 101 pupils · London 522016/17: 40.8 · 95 pupils · London 49.32017/18: 45.7 · 106 pupils · London 492018/19: 42.1 · 78 pupils · London 49.52021/22: 41.8 · 102 pupils · London 52.82022/23: 42.5 · 97 pupils · London 50.552023/24: 41.9 · 86 pupils · London 50.62024/25: 39.5 · 88 pupils · London 50.155139.5No exams
Grade 5+ English and maths
2016/17: 28% · 95 pupils · London 48%2017/18: 40% · 106 pupils · London 48%2018/19: 35% · 78 pupils · London 48%2021/22: 35% · 102 pupils · London 58%2022/23: 41% · 97 pupils · London 53.5%2023/24: 33.7% · 86 pupils · London 55.5%2024/25: 33% · 88 pupils · London 51.8%41%28%No exams
A level points per entry
2015/16: 24.18 · 26 pupils · London 29.292016/17: 21.99 · 43 pupils · London 30.582017/18: 20.59 · 32 pupils · London 30.892018/19: 13.92 · 24 pupils · London 31.532021/22: 26.67 · 33 pupils · London 36.842022/23: 17.19 · 46 pupils · London 33.82023/24: 22.09 · 34 pupils · London 33.672024/25: 21.94 · 55 pupils · London 34.726.6713.92No exams

Getting in · 2026

First-choice families who got in100.0%
24 of 24 who put it first2014 · 95.9%2026 · 100.0%
By preference
ChoiceAppliedOffered
1st2424
2nd267
3rd151
Last distance offered
  • 2026/27All offered
  • 2025/26All offered
  • 2024/25All offered

Inspections · 2006–2023

  1. 2006Goodas predecessor
  2. 2009Satisfactoryas predecessor
  3. 2013Requires improvementas predecessor
  4. 2015Goodas predecessor
  5. 2018Remains Goodas predecessor
  6. 2019Requires improvementas predecessor
  7. 2023Requires improvementas predecessor

2 strong areas

  • Personal development
  • Behaviour and attitudes

3 weak areas

  • Quality of education
  • Sixth form provision
  • Effectiveness of leadership and management

5 areas graded · safeguarding effective · inspected as predecessor

Pupils · 2024/25

On roll · Jan 2026510
Free school meals (past 6 years)55.5%
First language not English48.3%
SEN support12.5%
EHC plan7.2%
Absence (sessions missed)6.2%
Persistently absent pupils14.1%

Girls 0.9%Boys 99.1%

all pupils, incl. sixth form

70.8% full · 720 places · 181 in sixth form

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Workforce · 2025/26

Pupils per teacher13.7
Pupils per adult8.8
  • Classroom teachers 31.3
  • Leadership 5.9
  • Teaching assistants 14.8
  • Other support 12.4

Teachers 37.2 FTE · Whole workforce 64.5 · 71 people

Financials · 2024/25

Per-pupil figures left out: this return covers 8 months.

  • −£55,000revenue reserve
  • −£109,000in-year balance

Multi-academy trust: CITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST (11 academies) · trust reserve £10,088,000 · Reserves in a multi-academy trust belong to the trust; this academy's figures include the share of central costs the trust gives it

Destinations · 2023/24 leavers

After Year 11

86 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained86%
  • Education84.9%
  • Apprenticeship1.2%
  • Employment0%
  • Not sustained7%
  • Unknown7%

After sixth form (16–18)

82 students, followed through 2024/25 · Provisional

  • Sustained81.7%
  • Education48.8%
  • Higher education42.7%
  • Apprenticeship4.9%
  • Employment28%
  • Not sustained13.4%
  • Unknown4.9%