Schools in Islington[1]

Local authority district E09000019 · 69 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 126 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 29 (23%)[4]
second 20%: 57 (45%)[4]
middle 20%: 31 (25%)[4]
fourth 20%: 8 (6%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 1 (1%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	30%[4]	38%[4]	23%[4]	6%[4]	2%[4]
Employment	21%[4]	43%[4]	25%[4]	6%[4]	4%[4]
Education and skills	0%[4]	20%[4]	32%[4]	32%[4]	17%[4]
Health and disability	20%[4]	44%[4]	29%[4]	7%[4]	1%[4]
Crime	21%[4]	48%[4]	21%[4]	8%[4]	2%[4]
Housing and services	22%[4]	33%[4]	25%[4]	17%[4]	3%[4]
Living environment	60%[4]	35%[4]	4%[4]	2%[4]	0%[4]
Children in low-income families	48%[4]	30%[4]	13%[4]	6%[4]	4%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 26.7% of 96,518 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 56.6% of 183,623 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 23.7% of 183,603 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (11)

School	Ages	Headline results
Arts and Media School Islington	11–16[2]	A8 40 2025/26[8]
Central Foundation Boys' School	11–18[2]	A8 56 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
City of London Academy Highbury Grove	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
City of London Academy Islington	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
City of London Academy, Highgate Hill	11–18[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL A- 2024/25[9]
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School	11–16[2]	A8 55 2025/26[8]
Highbury Fields School	11–18[2]	A8 56 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Lift Beacon High	11–16[2]
St Aloysius' College	11–19[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8]
St Mary Magdalene Academy	4–19[2]	A8 58 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9] KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
The London Screen Academy	16–19[2]	AL B- 2024/25[9]

Primary schools (39)

School	Ages	Headline results
Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre	0–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Ashmount Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Canonbury Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Christ The King Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 39% 2024/25[10]
City of London Primary Academy, Islington	4–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Drayton Park Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Duncombe Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Gillespie Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
Grafton Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Hanover Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Hargrave Park School	0–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Hugh Myddelton Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
Hungerford School	3–11[2]	KS2 28% 2024/25[10]
Laycock Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Moreland Primary School	0–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Newington Green Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Pakeman Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Pooles Park Primary School	3–11[2]
Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre	0–11[2]	KS2 43% 2024/25[10]
Robert Blair School and Children's Centre	0–11[2]	KS2 44% 2024/25[10]
Rotherfield Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Joan of Arc RC Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
St John Evangelist Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 35% 2024/25[10]
St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 58% 2024/25[10]
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 89% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
St Mark's CofE Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
St Mary's CofE Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 53% 2024/25[10]
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Thornhill Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 88% 2024/25[10]
Tufnell Park Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 84% 2024/25[10]
Vittoria Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Whitehall Park School	4–11[2]	KS2 46% 2024/25[10]
William Tyndale Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Winton Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 92% 2024/25[10]
Yerbury Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (5)

School	Ages	Headline results
Dallington School	3–11[2]
North Bridge House Senior Canonbury School	11–18[2]	AL B 2024/25[9]
St Paul's Waldorf School	3–14[2]
The Children's House School	2–11[2]
The Gower School	0–11[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (11)

School	Ages	Headline results
New River College Medical	5–16[2]
New River College Primary	5–11[2]
New River College Secondary	11–16[2]
Richard Cloudesley School	2–19[2]
Samuel Rhodes MLD School	11–19[2]
The ArtsXchange	14–19[2]
The Bridge Integrated Learning Space	7–19[2]
The Bridge Keystone	4–19[2]
The Bridge School	2–19[2]
The Courtyard Islington	13–19[2]
The Pears Family School	5–14[2]

Nursery schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre	0–5[2]
Margaret McMillan Nursery School	0–5[2]
North Islington Nursery School	0–5[2]

Sources

Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: LSOA (2021) to Electoral Ward (2026) to LAD (2026) Best Fit Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-07. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: English Indices of Deprivation. Period 2025. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS054 Tenure. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-06. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Census 2021: TS067 Highest level of qualification. Period 2021-03-21, final, published 2023-01-10. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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