City of London Academy Islington

State-Funded School

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LondonRegion

IslingtonLocal Authority

Islington South and FinsburyConstituency

N1 8PQPostcode

9.0

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

City of London Academy Islington is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–18, located in Islington, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 852 pupils. City of London Academy Islington is part of City of London Academies Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 40.8
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 37.6%
EBacc average point score: 3.49

Ethnicity

White

43%

Asian

Black

21%

Mixed

18%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

852

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

64%

England average

27%

First language not English

47%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 18
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 852
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: City of London Academies Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 2 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
4 Apr 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.