London
Secondary schools in Islington
62 schools, 22,820 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 50.8.
Ofsted across Islington
Good30
Outstanding9
Inadequate1
No overall grade22
40 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 22 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Islington
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Magdalene AcademyAcademy sponsor led | London | Outstanding 2023 | 59.3 |
| Highbury Fields SchoolCommunity school | London | Outstanding 2022 | 57.4 |
| Central Foundation Boys' SchoolVoluntary aided school | London | No grade | 55.2 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson SchoolCommunity school | London | No grade | 52.7 |
| City of London Academy Highbury GroveAcademy sponsor led | London | Good 2022 | 45.4 |
| City of London Academy IslingtonAcademy sponsor led | London | No grade | 40.8 |
| City of London Academy, Highgate HillFree schools | London | Good 2024 | 40.3 |
| Arts and Media School IslingtonFoundation school | London | Good 2023 | 38.3 |
| St Aloysius' CollegeAcademy converter | London | Good 2022 | — |
| Lift Beacon HighAcademy converter | London | Good 2022 | — |