Schools in Islington
69 schools in the Islington local authority.
Schools
69
Open schools
Pupils
22,433
2025–26 census
Good or better
97%
57 of 59 graded
Academic Performance
6.4
out of 10 · 65 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 17 29%
- Good
- 40 68%
- Requires improvement
- 1 2%
- Inadequate
- 1 2%
4 inspected since 2024, no overall grade3 superseded by a report card6 not judged1 in a category of concern
6.4
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 65 of 69 schools that can be scored
Pupils
22,433
pupils on roll
Boys 52%48% Girls
Ethnicity
White
39%Asian
8%Black
23%Mixed
19%Chinese
<1%Any other group
8%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 63 of 69 schools (21,565 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 49.0%
- First language not English
- 39.4%
- Young carers
- <1%
10,559 of 21,565 pupils · 63 of 69 schools
8,491 of 21,565 pupils · 63 of 69 schools
24 of 21,315 pupils · 60 of 69 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 43
- Secondary
- 11
- Special
- 6
- Nursery
- 3
- PRU
- 4
- Not recorded
- 2
Top primary schools in Islington
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Gillespie Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 2.Hugh Myddelton Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 4.Winton Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 5.Yerbury Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 6.City of London Primary Academy, IslingtonIslington · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 7.Newington Green Primary SchoolIslington · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 8.St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.9/10Good
- 9.Drayton Park Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.8/10Good
- 10.Thornhill Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.8/10Good
- 11.Ambler Primary School and Children's CentreIslington · Primary8.7/10
- 12.Duncombe Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.6/10Good
- 13.St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.3/10Good
- 14.William Tyndale Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.2/10
- 15.Grafton Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.0/10Good
- 16.St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.0/10Good
- 17.Tufnell Park Primary SchoolIslington · Primary8.0/10Good
- 18.Rotherfield Primary SchoolIslington · Primary7.9/10Good
- 19.St Joan of Arc RC Primary SchoolIslington · Primary7.8/10Good
- 20.Hargrave Park Primary SchoolIslington · Primary7.6/10Good
Top secondary schools in Islington
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Highbury Fields SchoolIslington · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 2.St Mary Magdalene AcademyIslington · Secondary9.8/10Outstanding
- 3.City of London Academy IslingtonIslington · Secondary9.0/10Outstanding
- 4.Central Foundation Boys' SchoolIslington · Secondary8.7/10
- 5.Elizabeth Garrett Anderson SchoolIslington · Secondary8.2/10
- 6.City of London Academy Highbury GroveIslington · Secondary6.0/10Good
- 7.Lift Beacon HighIslington · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 8.St Aloysius' CollegeIslington · Secondary5.5/10Good
- 9.City of London Academy, Highgate HillIslington · Secondary2.5/10Good
- 10.Arts and Media School IslingtonIslington · Secondary1.8/10Good
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About schools in Islington
- How many schools are there in Islington?
- Islington has 69 open schools — 43 primary, 11 secondary, 6 special, 3 nursery, teaching 22,433 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Islington are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 57 of the 59 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 97% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 17 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 69: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Islington?
- 6.4 out of 10, averaged across the 65 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Islington schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 10 schools in Islington currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Islington local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Islington covers 69 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Islington are eligible for free school meals?
- 49.0% — 10,559 of 21,565 pupils at the 63 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the London region.