Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre

About Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre

Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre is a primary school in London, Islington, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 525 pupils attend the school. 78% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 2.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 17% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre is oversubscribed: about 7 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 75 first choices for 60 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 0.34 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 3.5%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.