Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre | School performance

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

13%

RWM higher · 2024/25

525

Pupils · 2024/25

41%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

13%

RWM higher · 2024/25

525

Pupils · 2024/25

41%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

13%

RWM higher · 2024/25

525

Pupils · 2024/25

41%

EAL · 2024/25

10%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 09/03/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityIslington

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio23.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre · Primary · Islington

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

78%

-2pp

90%84%78%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 78%

RWM higher standard

13%

+3pp

23%15%7%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 13%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

93%

Reading higher standard

68%

Writing expected standard

80%

Writing higher standard

13%

Maths expected standard

87%

Maths higher standard

55%

Science expected standard

93%

SPAG expected standard

92%

SPAG higher standard

70%

Reading scaled score

111.0

Maths scaled score

110.0

GPS scaled score

112.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

525

Pupil : teacher ratio

23.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

41%

FSM eligible

34%

SEN

15%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

10%

Contact

Address

Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4 2DR

Local authority

Islington

Website

www.ambler.islington.sch.uk

Telephone

02072264708

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	78%	13%	93%	68%	80%	13%	87%	55%	93%	92%	111.0	110.0	112.0	—	—	—	15%	525
2023/24	80%	10%	98%	61%	83%	12%	88%	41%	81%	95%	111.0	109.0	112.0	—	—	—	14%	523
2022/23	80%	12%	85%	53%	81%	12%	90%	51%	76%	88%	109.0	110.0	110.0	+1.60	-1.80	+3.50	17%	505
2018/19	80%	23%	90%	53%	87%	27%	93%	53%	87%	90%	110.0	109.0	110.0	+5.80	+2.30	+4.40	15%	500
2017/18	90%	7%	100%	47%	93%	27%	97%	13%	93%	97%	110.0	107.0	112.0	+3.90	+1.80	+1.60	13%	447
2016/17	77%	10%	87%	17%	80%	20%	97%	40%	87%	93%	105.0	108.0	111.0	+2.20	+1.90	+5.50	12%	442

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	525	24.7	15%	41%	34%	4%	10%
2023/24	523	24.9	14%	43%	33%	4%	8%
2022/23	505	22.6	17%	39%	32%	4%	9%
2021/22	513	19.1	13%	33%	28%	5%	9%
2020/21	511	21.9	12%	36%	24%	—	—
2018/19	500	19.8	15%	40%	31%	2%	2%
2017/18	447	19.7	13%	42%	35%	2%	3%
2016/17	442	20.7	12%	48%	38%	3%	2%