Islington schools and Ofsted
Every state school and nursery in Islington, 58 in all, with its latest Ofsted inspection. 98% were judged good or better at their last inspection. 5 have the new-style report cards, which grade each area of the school rather than giving one word.
Darker means a bigger share of schools judged good or better. Tap an area for its page.
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Latest inspections
- St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School: new Ofsted report card 17 September
- Vittoria Primary School: new Ofsted report card 8 September
- Pakeman Primary School: new Ofsted report card 14 July
- Samuel Rhodes MLD School: new Ofsted report card 29 June
- New River College Medical: new Ofsted report card 7 June
Every school
| Ambler Primary School and Children's CentreN4 2DR | Primary | Finsbury Park | Outstanding in every area (2025) |
| Arts and Media School IslingtonN4 3LS | Secondary | Finsbury Park | Good (2023) |
| Canonbury Primary SchoolN1 2UT | Primary | Highbury | School remains Good (2022) |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary SchoolN4 3QW | Primary | Finsbury Park | Outstanding in 1, good in 3 (2025) |
| City of London Academy Highbury GroveN5 2EQ | Secondary | Highbury | Good (2022) |
| City of London Academy IslingtonN1 8PQ | Secondary | Islington | Standards maintained (2025) |
| City of London Academy, Highgate HillN19 3EU | Secondary | Archway | Good (2024) |
| City of London Primary Academy, IslingtonEC1Y 0AE | Primary | Finsbury | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Drayton Park Primary SchoolN5 1PJ | Primary | Highbury | Improved significantly (2025) |
| Duncombe Primary SchoolN19 4JA | Primary | Archway | Good (2023) |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson SchoolN1 9QG | Secondary | Angel | Outstanding in every area (2025) |
| Gillespie Primary SchoolN5 1LH | Primary | Finsbury Park | Outstanding (2023) |
| Grafton Primary SchoolN7 6AR | Primary | Holloway | Good (2023) |
| Hanover Primary SchoolN1 8BD | Primary | Angel | Good (2024) |
| Hargrave Park SchoolN19 5BS | Primary | Archway | Good (2023) |
| Highbury Fields SchoolN5 1AR | Secondary | Highbury | School remains Outstanding (2022) |
| Hugh Myddelton Primary SchoolEC1R 1YJ | Primary | Clerkenwell | School remains Outstanding (2024) |
| Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's CentreN1 0UH | Nursery | Barnsbury | Standards maintained (2025) |
| Laycock Primary SchoolN1 1SW | Primary | Highbury | Good (2024) |
| Lift Beacon HighN7 0JG | Secondary | Tufnell Park | Good (2023) |
| Moreland Primary SchoolEC1V 8BB | Primary | Angel | Standards maintained (2025) |
| New River College MedicalN1 0TJ | Alternative provision | Barnsbury | Report card Jun 2026: Exceptional in 1, strong standard in 5 |
| New River College PrimaryN1 0HN | Alternative provision | Barnsbury | School remains Good (2023) |
| New River College SecondaryN7 8RH | Alternative provision | Highbury | School remains Good (2024) |
| North Islington Nursery SchoolN4 3RB | Nursery | Finsbury Park | School remains Good (2023) |
| Pakeman Primary SchoolN7 6DU | Primary | Holloway | Report card Jul 2026: Expected standard in every area |
| Parkwood Primary SchoolN4 2HQ | Primary | Finsbury Park | School remains Good (2024) |
| Pooles Park Primary SchoolN4 3NW | Primary | Finsbury Park | Inadequate (2023) |
| Prior Weston Primary School and Children's CentreEC1Y 8JA | Primary | Finsbury | Good (2022) |
| Richard Cloudesley SchoolN1 8RE | Special | Islington | School remains Outstanding (2023) |
| Robert Blair School and Children's CentreN7 9QJ | Primary | Barnsbury | Standards maintained (2024) |
| Rotherfield Primary SchoolN1 3EE | Primary | Islington | School remains Good (2023) |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary SchoolN7 8JN | Primary | Holloway | School remains Good (2022) |
| Samuel Rhodes MLD SchoolN5 2EG | Special | Highbury | Report card Jun 2026: Exceptional in 1, strong standard in 6 |
| St Aloysius' CollegeN6 5LY | Secondary | Archway | Good (2022) |
| St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary SchoolN1 0LB | Primary | Barnsbury | Good in every area (2025) |
| St John Evangelist Catholic Primary SchoolN1 8BL | Primary | Angel | School remains Good (2024) |
| St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary SchoolN5 1DL | Primary | Finsbury Park | Good (2023) |
| St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary SchoolN19 5RR | Primary | Archway | Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 3, expected standard in 4 |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolN19 5NE | Primary | Archway | Outstanding (2024) |
| St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolEC1V 3SJ | Primary | Finsbury | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolN19 4JF | Primary | Finsbury Park | Improved significantly (2025) |
| St Mary Magdalene AcademyN7 8PG | Secondary | Highbury | Outstanding (2023) |
| St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolN1 2EP | Primary | Islington | School remains Good (2023) |
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary SchoolEC1V 0EU | Primary | Clerkenwell | Good (2023) |
| Stroud Green Primary SchoolN4 3EX | Primary | Finsbury Park | School remains Good (2022) |
| The ArtsXchangeEC1V 1JX | Alternative provision | Angel | Good (2024) |
| The Bridge Integrated Learning SpaceN1 0HY | Special | Barnsbury | School remains Outstanding (2023) |
| The Bridge KeystoneN19 3DL | Special | Archway | Good (2022) |
| The Bridge SchoolN7 9LD | Special | Tufnell Park | Standards maintained (2025) |
| The Courtyard IslingtonN7 8LT | Special | Highbury | School remains Good (2023) |
| The Pears Family SchoolN1 9JH | Alternative provision | Angel | School remains Outstanding (2022) |
| Thornhill Primary SchoolN1 1HX | Primary | Barnsbury | School remains Good (2023) |
| Tufnell Park Primary SchoolN7 0HJ | Primary | Tufnell Park | School remains Good (2022) |
| Vittoria Primary SchoolN1 0WF | Primary | Barnsbury | Report card Sept 2026: Strong standard in 1, expected standard in 6 |
| Whitehall Park SchoolN6 5EP | Primary | Archway | School remains Good (2022) |
| William Tyndale Primary SchoolN1 2GG | Primary | Highbury | Outstanding in 2, good in 2 (2025) |
| Yerbury Primary SchoolN19 4RR | Primary | Tufnell Park | Outstanding (2023) |
How the new report cards work
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school (achievement, teaching, behaviour, personal development, inclusion, leadership) on a five-point scale: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement. Safeguarding is met or not met. Across the 5 Islington report cards so far, the grades given were: expected standard 17 times, strong standard 15 times, exceptional 2 times.
Schools inspected before then have a single grade (outstanding, good, requires improvement or inadequate), or from September 2024 a grade for each area without an overall one. Short “ungraded” visits check a school is still at its last grade.
Where the figures come from
Ofsted publishes the latest inspection of every state-funded school each month, under the Open Government Licence. We keep those at N and EC postcodes and show here the ones in Islington. Independent schools and childminders aren’t included. Each school links to its full report on the Ofsted website.
Schools in every area
Questions people ask
How many schools in Islington are rated good or better?
98% of the 58 state schools and nurseries in Islington were judged good or better at their last Ofsted inspection.
What are Ofsted report cards?
Since November 2025 Ofsted grades each area of a school separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, instead of giving one overall word.
How many schools are there in Islington?
There are 58 state-funded schools and nurseries in Islington: 36 primary, 9 secondary, 6 special, 5 alternative provision, 2 nursery.