The Bridge School

State-Funded School

the-bridge-school-islington-london

LondonRegion

IslingtonLocal Authority

Islington South and FinsburyConstituency

N7 9LDPostcode

9.4

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Bridge School is a state-funded special for pupils aged 2–19, located in Islington, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 260 pupils. The Bridge School is part of THE BRIDGE MAT LTD.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Ethnicity

White

28%

Asian

Black

39%

Mixed

12%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

10%

Unclassified

Pupils

260

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

67%

England average

27%

First language not English

42%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 2 – 19
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 260
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: THE BRIDGE MAT LTD

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 9 July 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
13 Jan 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.