St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School

State-Funded School

st-johns-highbury-vale-cofe-primary-school-islington-london

LondonRegion

IslingtonLocal Authority

Islington NorthConstituency

N5 1DLPostcode

8.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Islington, London.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 206 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 81%
Higher standard: 22%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

50%

Asian

Black

17%

Mixed

24%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

206

Total Pupils

45%Boys

55%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

16%

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: Deprived
Total pupils: 206
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
9 Nov 2023	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Good
29 Apr 2014	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.