Graded inspection · May 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Islington
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Outstanding |
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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 entry220 applications · 102 places offered · 69 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Islington median median 2.8
- 2025 2.6; Islington median median 2.8
- 2024 2.7; Islington median median 3.0
- 2023 2.5; Islington median median 2.9
- 2022 3.2; Islington median median 3.0
- 2021 3.3; Islington median median 3.0
- 2020 3.3; Islington median median 3.2
- 2019 3.0; Islington median median 3.0
- 2018 2.9; Islington median median 3.2
- 2016 3.1; Islington median median 3.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.8; Islington median median 2.8; as the previous school
- 2014 3.2; Islington median median 3.2; as the previous school
- This school
- Islington median
Dashed bars: as Mount Carmel Catholic College for Girls (URN 100460), the previous school.
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 | 102 | 220 | 2.2 | 69 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2025 | 90 | 233 | 2.6 | 72 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2024 | 78 | 211 | 2.7 | 57 | 0.73 |
| Sep 2023 | 114 | 282 | 2.5 | 80 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2022 | 134 | 433 | 3.2 | 128 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2021 | 137 | 457 | 3.3 | 144 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2020 | 136 | 447 | 3.3 | 111 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2019 | 138 | 420 | 3.0 | 93 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2018 | 138 | 406 | 2.9 | 85 | 0.62 |
| Sep 2016 * | 51 | 156 | 3.1 | 41 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 * | 70 | 196 | 2.8 | 31 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2014 * | 76 | 244 | 3.2 | 52 | 0.68 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 133 | 45.5 | 47% | 65% | – |
| 2024/25 | 115 | 40.3 | 33% | 57% | – |
| 2023/24 | 112 | 45.5 | 46% | 64% | +0.12 |
| 2022/23 | 129 | 42.4 | 39% | 61% | −0.22 |
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
- City of London Academy, Highgate HillThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.2applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 0.7 km · IslingtonGood20223.1applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · IslingtonGood20232.1applications per place 40.2Attainment 8
- 1.4 km · CamdenRemains Good20233.8applications per place 55.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · Haringey20263.8applications per place 53.1Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · IslingtonGood20221.9applications per place
- 1.6 km · CamdenGraded · no overall grade20242.4applications per place 54.4Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · CamdenOutstanding20243.6applications per place 58.6Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · CamdenGraded · no overall grade20243.2applications per place 43.8Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 143659 · 206/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 900 pupils · 641 on roll
- Free school meals
- 63.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2017
- Replaced
- Mount Carmel Catholic College for Girls (URN 100460)
- Address
- Holland Walk, Duncombe Road, Archway, London, N19 3EU
- Local authority
- Islington
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources