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St Mary Magdalene Academy

URN
134314
Phase
All-through
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St Mary Magdalene Academy
URN
134314
Phase
All-through
Gender
Mixed
Age range
4-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

86 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

86

Inspection

100

Admissions Value

73

Destinations

66

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 5% of all-through schools in England

Top 5% nationally

#1 of 1 school in Islington

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Your decision briefing for St Mary Magdalene Academy

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  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
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  • Offer probability
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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
18 September 2023
Inspection date
3 July 2023
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Outstanding

    Graded 18 September 2023

  • Quality of education

    Outstanding

    Graded 18 September 2023

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

165

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

1,046

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

165

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

6.34×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Islington
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Islington)
School website
www.smmacademy.org

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Islington to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

80.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

77.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

77.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

77.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

N7 8PG - Liverpool Road, Islington, London

Contact details

Address
Liverpool Road, Islington, London
Postcode
N7 8PG
Phone
2076970123
Website
www.smmacademy.org
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Islington
Local authority code
206

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 140 schools in Islington.

Authority statistics

Total schools

140

Open schools

72

Closed schools

68

Primary schools

72

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 18 September 2023

  • Personal development

    Outstanding

    Graded 18 September 2023

  • Leadership and management

    Outstanding

    Graded 18 September 2023

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 18 September 2023

  • Sixth form

    Outstanding

    Graded 18 September 2023

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 2 inspections on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    18 September 20233 July 2023S5 InspectionOutstandingView report for inspection published 18 September 2023
    21 June 202227 April 2022-School remains Good (Improving) - S5 NextView report for inspection published 21 June 2022
    • Outstanding

      Published
      18 September 2023
      Inspected
      3 July 2023
      Type
      S5 Inspection
      Report
      View report
    • School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next

      Published
      21 June 2022
      Inspected
      27 April 2022
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    15.8%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 159

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Key stage 4 (secondary)

    Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

    Attainment 8

    Attainment 8

    59.3

    Progress 8

    Progress 8

    Not published

    English and maths grade 5 or above

    English & maths 5+

    70.7%

    English and maths grade 4 or above

    English & maths 4+

    81.8%

    EBacc entry

    EBacc entry

    58.1%

    EBacc achievement

    EBacc achievement

    48.0%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    38.9

    Value added

    Value added

    -0.10

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    21.5%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    92.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    3.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    15

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary72 (52.6%)
    • Secondary15 (10.9%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other50 (36.5%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School0 mPrimaryClosed
    New River College Secondary118 mNot applicableOpen
    The Courtyard Islington225 mNot applicableOpen
    Lough Road Class Base (Central)251 mNot applicableClosed
    London Scandinavian School404 mNot applicableOpen
    Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School419 mPrimaryOpen
    Ring Cross Primary School456 mPrimaryClosed
    Laycock Primary School480 mPrimaryOpen
    University of North London498 mNot applicableClosed
    London Metropolitan University498 mNot applicableOpen
    • St Mary Magdalene CofE Primary School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • New River College Secondary
      Distance
      118 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • The Courtyard Islington
      Distance
      225 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Open
    • Lough Road Class Base (Central)
      Distance
      251 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    No similar schools were found with the same phase and local authority.

    London Scandinavian School
    Distance
    404 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
    Distance
    419 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Ring Cross Primary School
    Distance
    456 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Laycock Primary School
    Distance
    480 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • University of North London
    Distance
    498 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • London Metropolitan University
    Distance
    498 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Open