Living in Islington with children
Islington, Islington. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 216,309 people in 96,483 households; 22.0% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).
Schools
53 schools: 39 state primary, 10 state secondary, 1 sixth form or college, 3 privateIslington on the schools map →Every school in Islington, with inspection, league band and the last place offered
State primary schools (39)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winton Primary School | Outstanding | 1st (1/39) in Islington | 0.89 miles (2026) |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Outstanding | Top 6% (2/39) in Islington | 0.322 miles (2026) |
| Gillespie Primary School | Outstanding | Top 8% (3/39) in Islington | 0.19 miles (2026) |
| Hugh Myddelton Primary School | School remains Outstanding | Top 11% (4/39) in Islington | 0.331 miles (2026) |
| Thornhill Primary School | School remains Good | Top 13% (5/39) in Islington | 0.378 miles (2026) |
| St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School | Good | Top 16% (6/39) in Islington | — |
| Drayton Park Primary School | Improved significantly | Top 18% (7/39) in Islington | 0.361 miles (2026) |
| Tufnell Park Primary School | School remains Good | Top 21% (8/39) in Islington | 0.845 miles (2026) |
| William Tyndale Primary School | Good | Top 24% (9/39) in Islington | 0.244 miles (2026) |
| City of London Primary Academy, Islington | Outstanding | Top 26% (10/39) in Islington | 0.608 miles (2026) |
| Duncombe Primary School | Good | Top 29% (11/39) in Islington | — |
| Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre | Outstanding | Top 31% (12/39) in Islington | 0.338 miles (2026) |
| Canonbury Primary School | School remains Good | Top 31% (12/39) in Islington | — |
| St Mark's CofE Primary School | Improved significantly | Top 39% (15/39) in Islington | 0.448 miles (2026) |
| Yerbury Primary School | Outstanding | Top 42% (16/39) in Islington | 0.312 miles (2026) |
| Rotherfield Primary School | School remains Good | Top 44% (17/39) in Islington | 0.408 miles (2026) |
| Newington Green Primary School | Outstanding | Top 47% (18/39) in Islington | 0.324 miles (2026) |
| St Joan of Arc RC Primary School | School remains Good | Top 49% (19/39) in Islington | 0.422 miles (2026) |
| Grafton Primary School | Good | (20/39) in Islington | — |
| Vittoria Primary School | School remains Good | (21/39) in Islington | — |
| Hanover Primary School | Good | (22/39) in Islington | 0.423 miles (2026) |
| Laycock Primary School | Good | (23/39) in Islington | — |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (24/39) in Islington | — |
| St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School | Good | (25/39) in Islington | 0.094 miles (2026) |
| Pakeman Primary School | Ofsted report card | (26/39) in Islington | — |
| Ashmount Primary School | Good | (27/39) in Islington | — |
| Hargrave Park School | Good | (28/39) in Islington | 0.416 miles (2026) |
| Moreland Primary School | Standards maintained | (29/39) in Islington | — |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (30/39) in Islington | — |
| St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (31/39) in Islington | — |
| St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School | Good | (32/39) in Islington | — |
| St Mary's CofE Primary School | School remains Good | (33/39) in Islington | 1.483 miles (2026) |
| Whitehall Park School | School remains Good | (34/39) in Islington | — |
| Robert Blair School and Children's Centre | Standards maintained | (35/39) in Islington | — |
| Prior Weston Primary School and Children's Centre | Good | (36/39) in Islington | — |
| Christ The King Catholic Primary School | Good | (37/39) in Islington | — |
| St John Evangelist Catholic Primary School | School remains Good | (38/39) in Islington | — |
| Hungerford School | Good | (39/39) in Islington | — |
| Pooles Park Primary School | Inadequate | — | — |
State secondary schools (10)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary Magdalene Academy | Outstanding | 1st (1/10) in Islington | 0.184 miles (2026) |
| Highbury Fields School | School remains Outstanding | Top 20% (2/10) in Islington | 0.991 miles (2026) |
| Central Foundation Boys' School | Outstanding | Top 30% (3/10) in Islington | — |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School | Outstanding | Top 40% (4/10) in Islington | 1.008 miles (2026) |
| St Aloysius' College | Good | Top 50% (5/10) in Islington | — |
| City of London Academy Islington | Standards maintained | (6/10) in Islington | — |
| City of London Academy, Highgate Hill | Good | (7/10) in Islington | — |
| City of London Academy Highbury Grove | Good | (8/10) in Islington | — |
| Arts and Media School Islington | Good | (9/10) in Islington | — |
| Lift Beacon High | Good | (10/10) in Islington | — |
Sixth forms and colleges (1)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| The London Screen Academy | Outstanding | (5/8) in Islington | — |
Private schools (3)
| School | Inspection | League rank | Last place offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Paul's Waldorf School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| The Children's House School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
| The Gower School | Independent Schools Inspectorate: standards met | — | — |
Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.
Homes and prices
Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)The middle sale of each type, September 2025 to August 2026: half sold for more, half for less (8 detached, 28 semi-detached, 234 terraced, 1132 flat or maisonette sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Islington. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Look up a home in Islington →Getting around
Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.
Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 94% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 99%, on average across the 3,117 postcodes in N1, N7, N5. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.
Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).
Safety and environment
The town centre; addresses varyChildcare
Ofsted early years register; published pricesWhat Ofsted found: 18 outstanding; 1 strong or better in every area; 54 good, or expected standard; 1 requires improvement; 5 not inspected yet. A typical nursery place in this region costs about £9.03 an hour for a two-year-old.
All of them: 69 in Islington · 9 in Islington · 1 in Islington.
Sources: Ofsted, Childcare providers and inspections; each nursery's own fees page; Coram Family and Childcare, Childcare Survey 2026: average nursery price for 50 hours a week after the working-parent entitlement (paying for 20 hours), by region.
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