The City Academy, Hackney

The City Academy, Hackney is all about providing a high quality education for young people in Hackney in a secure, supportive environment, raising their aspirations and standards of educational achievement, and building positive partnerships with local people and organisations. The Academy caters for 900 11 to 16-year-old boys and girls of all abilities and all faiths and none, as well as offering 240 sixth-form places. Here traditional values of good behaviour and attendance, high expectation and achievement are combined with a dynamic curriculum, state-of-the-art facilities and innovative teaching so students can enjoy learning and achieve the highest standards both academically and personally. As well as offering a strong core curriculum and broad subject choice, the Academy has specialisms in business and financial services. Supported by the expertise and business links of our sponsors, KPMG and The City of London Corporation, the specialisms are a focus throughout the c...