Samuel Rhodes MLD School

State-Funded School

samuel-rhodes-mld-school-islington-london

LondonRegion

IslingtonLocal Authority

Islington NorthConstituency

N5 2EGPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Samuel Rhodes MLD School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 11–19, located in Islington, London.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 130 pupils.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 12 May 2026 · published 29 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard
Achievement
Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Exceptional
Post-16 provision
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Sixth formprovision

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

37%

Asian

15%

Black

27%

Mixed

14%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

130

Total Pupils

68%Boys

32%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

74%

England average

27%

First language not English

48%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 11 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 130
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 25 May 2022. 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
25 Apr 2017	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.