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St Mary Magdalene Academy

Liverpool Road, Islington, London, N7 8PG

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OfstedOutstanding

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedOutstanding
Attendance (2024/25)93.4%
Attainment (2024/25)Attainment 8: 59.3
Roll vs capacityClose to published capacity
Pupils1561

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Outstanding

Report published 18 Sept 2023.

Inspection history

Improved from Good (15 May 2013).

  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in N7. Where we have them, council (Islington) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
1561
Free school meals
38.1%
17.4% below district average (55.5%)

Also: Islington 44.1% · England 24%

SEN
21%
25.8% below district average (46.8%)

Also: Islington 24.8% · England 19.6%

EAL
18.7%
16.3% below district average (35%)
Attendance
93.4% Autumn and spring 2024/25
3.1% above district average (90.3%)

Also: Islington 92.5% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the N7 average; the darker bar is this school.

Compared with England

Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. Headline GCSE measures are 2024/25. Progress 8 is from 2023/24, the latest year published for this school. There is no Progress 8 for 2024/25 or 2025/26, because those pupils did not sit Key Stage 2 tests during the pandemic. England is the state-funded average from the same tables. Progress 8 of 0 is typical.

Persistent absence2024/25

16%

1.6% below England (17.6%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

77%

15% above England (62%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

30%

22% above England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

80%

5% above England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

77%

5% above England (72%)

KS2 maths2024/25

77%

3% above England (74%)

Progress 82023/24

+0.30

0.30 above England (0.00)

Attainment 82024/25

59.3

13.2 above England (46.1)

Grade 5+ English & maths2024/25

70.7%

25.3% above England (45.4%)

Grade 4+ English & maths2024/25

81.8%

17% above England (64.8%)

Entered for EBacc2024/25

58.1%

17.6% above England (40.5%)

EBacc average point score2024/25

5.55

1.5 above England (4.09)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring 2024/25 from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN). The headline above uses the same period.

  • 95.5%
    2020/21
  • 91.6%
    2021/22
  • 91.8%
    2022/23
  • 93%
    2023/24
  • 93.4%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 76%
    2022/23
  • 93%
    2023/24
  • 77%
    2024/25

Admissions

Applications and offers (September 2026 entry)

For September 2026 entry, 434 families put this school first. 159 of them were offered a place here.

Named as first preference
434
First-preference offers
159
First preferences offered a place
36.6%
Total offers
171
Named on any preference
1,087

This is historic demand from one admissions round. It is not a guarantee of a place, and it does not show a catchment area. Admission rules and priorities differ by school.

SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.

How full the building is

Roll versus published capacity
Close to published capacity
Published capacity (GIAS)
1360
Pupils on roll
1561

Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.

Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Islington page.

SEN support

SEN %
21%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Schools near St Mary Magdalene Academy

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Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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