St Mary's CofE Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Islington·N1 2EP
Composite score
38.0
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#11,560
National rank
#1560
In London
#33
In Islington
Top 78%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
53%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
21 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
0.70
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.7620220.5720231.0020240.7520250.702026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put St Mary's CofE Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
163
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
64.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
26.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
9.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
31.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,925
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

St Mary's CofE Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Islington, St Mary's CofE Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 163 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 53% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 15.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Mary's CofE Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 21 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 9.1%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 64% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. St Mary's CofE Primary School 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.

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