City of London Primary Academy, Islington

State-Funded School

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LondonRegion

IslingtonLocal Authority

Islington South and FinsburyConstituency

EC1Y 0AEPostcode

9.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

City of London Primary Academy, Islington is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Islington, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 348 pupils. City of London Primary Academy, Islington is part of City of London Academies Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 76%
Higher standard: 24%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 106

Ethnicity

White

52%

Asian

Black

10%

Mixed

21%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

11%

Unclassified

Pupils

348

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

30%

England average

27%

First language not English

41%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 348
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 19 March 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 Dec 2019	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	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.