Foundation school · Islington

Arts and Media School Islington

11–16Ages
577Pupils
SecondaryPhase
131690URN

Turle Road, London, N4 3LS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Apr 2023 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.1per place

0.7 below Islington median (2.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Islington

207 applications for 99 places · 9th of 10 in Islington

Every year since 2014

Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)

40.2of 90

Islington 51.5 England 46.0

9th of 9 in Islington

All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 20 April 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.1applications per place, Year 7

0.7 below Islington median (2.8) close to England median (2.2)

207 applications · 99 places offered · 61 named it first

2026 2.1; Islington median median 2.8
2025 2.3; Islington median median 2.8
2024 2.6; Islington median median 3.0
2023 2.0; Islington median median 2.9
2022 2.3; Islington median median 3.0
2021 2.4; Islington median median 3.0
2020 2.3; Islington median median 3.2
2019 2.4; Islington median median 3.0
2018 3.2; Islington median median 3.2
2017 2.9; Islington median median 3.1
2016 2.9; Islington median median 3.0
2015 2.4; Islington median median 2.8
2014 2.2; Islington median median 3.2

More applications per place than the Islington median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Islington median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	99	207	2.1	61	0.62
Sep 2025	117	268	2.3	74	0.63
Sep 2024	118	305	2.6	72	0.61
Sep 2023	135	269	2.0	58	0.43
Sep 2022	142	329	2.3	79	0.56
Sep 2021	148	359	2.4	79	0.53
Sep 2020	146	332	2.3	88	0.60
Sep 2019	148	349	2.4	75	0.51
Sep 2018	115	369	3.2	80	0.70
Sep 2017	141	414	2.9	93	0.66
Sep 2016	120	346	2.9	80	0.67
Sep 2015	108	261	2.4	49	0.45
Sep 2014	140	314	2.2	51	0.36

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

144 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.29th of 9 in Islington

Islington 51.5 England 46.0

Grade 5 or above in English and maths33%9th of 9 in Islington

Islington 49% England 45%

Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%

Islington 72% England 66%

This school
Islington median
England median

Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.17

−20 = national average+2

Every year as a table

Year	Pupils	Attainment 8	5+ Eng & maths	4+ Eng & maths	Progress 8
2025/26 (prov.)	144	40.2	33%	50%	–
2024/25	130	38.3	28%	49%	–
2023/24	124	45.0	49%	67%	+0.17
2022/23	138	39.7	33%	57%	−0.25

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Arts and Media School IslingtonThis school
This school

Good2023

2.1applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
City of London Academy, Highgate Hill
0.9 km · Islington

Good2024

2.2applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
St Aloysius' College
1.6 km · Islington

Good2022

3.1applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
Hornsey School for Girls
1.6 km · Haringey

Remains Good2022

3.2applications per place 47.9Attainment 8
Skinners' Academy
1.7 km · Hackney

2026

2.4applications per place 50.9Attainment 8
Lift Beacon High
1.8 km · Islington

Good2022

1.9applications per place
Highbury Fields School
1.9 km · Islington

Remains Outstanding2022

3.3applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
Highgate Wood Secondary School
2.0 km · Haringey

2026

3.8applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
Acland Burghley School
2.0 km · Camden

Remains Good2023

3.8applications per place 55.2Attainment 8

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Foundation school
Phase: Secondary
URN · DfE number: 131690 · 206/4325
Trust: Islington Arts and Media Trust
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Capacity: 690 pupils · 577 on roll
Free school meals: 67.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 September 1999
Replaced: George Orwell School (URN 100456)
Address: Turle Road, London, N4 3LS
Local authority: Islington

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources