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Islington has 61 state schools: 40 primary, 9 secondary, 1 all-through, 3 nursery. Between them they teach around 21,798 pupils. 47 have enough published data for a score, averaging 6.1 out of 10, and 13 score 8 or above.

15 have a sixth form. 39 take children from age three or under. 14 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre London · Not judged Arts and Media School Islington London · Good Ashmount Primary School London · Good Canonbury Primary School London · Good Central Foundation Boys' School London · Not judged Christ The King Catholic Primary School London · Not judged City of London Academy Highbury Grove London · Good City of London Academy Islington London · Outstanding City of London Academy, Highgate Hill London · Good City of London Primary Academy, Islington London · Outstanding Dallington School United Kingdom Drayton Park Primary School London · Good Duncombe Primary School London · Good Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School London · Not judged Gillespie Primary School London · Outstanding Grafton Primary School London · Good Hanover Primary School London · Good Hargrave Park Primary School London · Good Highbury Fields School London · Outstanding Hugh Myddelton Primary School London · Outstanding Hungerford School London · Good Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre London · Outstanding Laycock Primary School London · Good Lift Beacon High London · Good London Scandinavian School London Margaret McMillan Nursery School London · Good Moreland Primary School London · Good Newington Green Primary School London · Outstanding North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School North Islington Nursery School London · Good Pakeman Primary School London · Good Pooles Park Primary School London · Inadequate Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre London · Good Richard Cloudesley School London · Outstanding Robert Blair School and Children's Centre London · Good Rotherfield Primary School London · Good Royal Mencap Society London · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School London · Good Samuel Rhodes MLD School London · Outstanding St Aloysius' College London · Good St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School London · Not judged St Joan of Arc RC Primary School London · Good St John Evangelist Catholic Primary School London · Good St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School London · Good St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School London · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School London · Outstanding St Luke's CofE Primary School London · Good St Mark's CofE Primary School London · Good St Mary Magdalene Academy London · Outstanding St Mary's CofE Primary School London · Good St Paul's Waldorf School London St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School London · Good The Bridge Integrated Learning Space London · Outstanding The Bridge Satellite Provision London · Good The Bridge School London · Outstanding The Children's House School London The Courtyard Islington London · Good The Gower School London The London Screen Academy London · Outstanding The New North Academy London · Good Thornhill Primary School London · Good Tufnell Park Primary School London · Good Vittoria Primary School London · Good Whitehall Park School London · Good William Tyndale Primary School London · Not judged Winton Primary School London · Outstanding Yerbury Primary School London · Outstanding

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Duncombe Primary School Good · ×0.44 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Lift Beacon High Good · ×0.46 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Ashmount Primary School Good · ×0.48 1st prefs/place (2026/27) City of London Academy Highbury Grove Good · ×0.56 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Arts and Media School Islington Good · ×0.62 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Aloysius' College Good · ×0.63 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Robert Blair School and Children's Centre Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Vittoria Primary School Good · ×0.67 1st prefs/place (2026/27) City of London Academy, Highgate Hill Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27) St Joan of Arc RC Primary School Good · ×0.68 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Islington

Primary schools: All Islington community-school admission criteria include distance as the deciding factor; no fixed catchment-area boundary used. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Key dates

Entry yearEventDate
Sept 2028 Application deadline 2027-10-31
Sept 2028 Primary application deadline 2028-01-15
Sept 2028 Offer day 2028-03-01
Sept 2028 Primary offer day 2028-04-17
Sept 2027 Application deadline 2026-10-31
Sept 2027 Primary application deadline 2027-01-15
Sept 2027 Offer day 2027-03-01
Sept 2027 Primary offer day 2027-04-16
Sept 2026 Application deadline 2025-10-31 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary application deadline 2026-01-15 (passed)
Sept 2026 Offer day 2026-03-02 (passed)
Sept 2026 Primary offer day 2026-04-16 (passed)

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