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Best primary schools in Islington

39 of 44 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Islington schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Met expected standard (RWM) Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Winton Primary School London 92.0% Outstanding improving undersubscribed 0.77 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Gillespie Primary School London 89.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Hugh Myddelton Primary School London 89.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 St Joseph's Catholic Primary School London 89.0% Outstanding improving oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School London 88.0% Good declining about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Thornhill Primary School London 88.0% Good about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Drayton Park Primary School London 85.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 Tufnell Park Primary School London hidden gem 84.0% Good undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 William Tyndale Primary School London 83.0% Not judged oversubscribed 1.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 City of London Primary Academy, Islington London 80.0% Outstanding about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Duncombe Primary School London hidden gem 79.0% Good undersubscribed 0.44 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre London 78.0% Not judged improving oversubscribed 1.25 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Canonbury Primary School London 78.0% Good improving about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
14 St Mark's CofE Primary School London 75.0% Good declining about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
15 Rotherfield Primary School London 74.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
16 Yerbury Primary School London 74.0% Outstanding oversubscribed 1.45 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
17 Newington Green Primary School London 72.0% Outstanding improving about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
18 St Joan of Arc RC Primary School London hidden gem 71.0% Good undersubscribed 0.68 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
19 Grafton Primary School London hidden gem 70.0% Good declining undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
20 Vittoria Primary School London hidden gem 68.0% Good undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
21 Hanover Primary School London 67.0% Good about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
22 Laycock Primary School London hidden gem 64.0% Good undersubscribed 0.76 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
23 Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School London 63.0% Good about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
24 Pakeman Primary School London 62.0% Good about even 0.87 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
25 St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School London 62.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
26 Ashmount Primary School London hidden gem 61.0% Good undersubscribed 0.48 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
27 Hargrave Park Primary School London 61.0% Good about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
28 Moreland Primary School London 61.0% Good improving undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
29 St Luke's CofE Primary School London 59.0% Good declining about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
30 St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School London hidden gem 58.0% Good undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
31 St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School London 57.0% Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.71 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
32 St Mary's CofE Primary School London hidden gem 53.0% Good undersubscribed 0.7 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
33 The New North Academy London 47.0% Good undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
34 Whitehall Park School London 46.0% Good about even 0.85 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
35 Robert Blair School and Children's Centre London hidden gem 44.0% Good undersubscribed 0.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
36 Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre London 43.0% Good about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
37 Christ The King Catholic Primary School London 39.0% Not judged declining about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
38 St John Evangelist Catholic Primary School London 35.0% Good about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
39 Hungerford School London 28.0% Good about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Islington

5 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Islington, not a fairer one.

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