Highbury Fields School
London, N5 1AR · Islington · secondary school
3rd of 8 secondary schools in Islington we can score, 10 in total — the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still — 9.6/10 against 288 of them, against 8.4/10 nationally. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.
How this is worked out
| Measure | Percentile | Weight | Adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofsted | 94 | 35% | 3.28 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 | 61.9 · 84 | 30% | 2.54 |
| Progress 8 2023/24 | 0.43 · 81 | 25% | 2.01 |
| Attainment 8 2024/25 | 57.4 · 89 | 10% | 0.89 |
Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.
Get to know the school
How it's doing. In 2024/25, 61.9% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 57.4, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was +0.43 in 2023/24, indicating better progress than pupils nationally who started from the same place. Ofsted rated the school Outstanding in 2022. Narrow the comparison to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds and it does better still (9.6 out of 10 against similar schools, 8.4 out of 10 against all schools).
Beyond the classroom. Pupils join the Homework Club, musical theatre, rock band, choir, and orchestra. Sports include hall athletics, while arts cover piano, voice, strings, and woodwind. Trips visit museums, art galleries, and geography sites, including Year 12 visits to Shadwell Basin and the Uni Fair. An after-school club is available.
Getting in. The school has 733 pupils in a capacity of 1050, leaving 317 spare places. This means the school has real spare room, so a place is likely and classes are smaller than it is built for.
Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils in the smaller class sizes resulting from the current intake? What specific support is available for students aiming for high Progress 8 scores? How does the curriculum integrate the named arts and sports clubs into the weekly timetable?
Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.
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