St Mary Magdalene Academy
Primary performance (KS2 SATs)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Getting a place
Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)
St Mary Magdalene Academy is an all-through school covering ages 4–19, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
School profile
- Age range
- 4–19
- Pupils on roll
- 1,554
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
What pupils do next
The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.
DfE, KS4 destination measures.
Nearby primary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
St Mary Magdalene Academy is an all-through school serving London, Islington, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy with a Church of England religious character. It has 1,554 pupils aged 4 to 19 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated St Mary Magdalene Academy 'Outstanding'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That is down 16.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 59.3, well above the national average of 46. On our composite score, St Mary Magdalene Academy ranks among the top 3% of primary schools in England for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks among the top 8% of secondary schools in England.
Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 30% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 71% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. Competition for places is real here - 42% of first-choice applicants were offered a Reception place for September 2026 (69 first choices for 30 places). The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2026 lived 0.18 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 7.3%. There are about 16.3 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 38% 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. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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.