Canonbury Primary School | Primary in London, Islington | Ofsted & DfE

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

13%

RWM higher · 2024/25

438

Pupils · 2024/25

36%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

13%

RWM higher · 2024/25

438

Pupils · 2024/25

36%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

78%

RWM expected · 2024/25

13%

RWM higher · 2024/25

438

Pupils · 2024/25

36%

EAL · 2024/25

15%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 20/10/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityIslington

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.7:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of Canonbury Primary School · Primary · Islington

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

78%

+5pp

78%71%63%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 78%

RWM higher standard

13%

+6pp

17%12%7%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 13%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

93%

Reading higher standard

50%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

22%

Maths expected standard

93%

Maths higher standard

40%

Science expected standard

87%

SPAG expected standard

92%

SPAG higher standard

53%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

109.0

GPS scaled score

110.0

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

438

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.7

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

36%

FSM eligible

51%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

15%

Contact

Address

Canonbury Road, London, N1 2UT

Local authority

Islington

Website

www.canonburyprimaryschool.co.uk/

Telephone

02072265020

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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%	50%	78%	22%	93%	40%	87%	92%	109.0	109.0	110.0	—	—	—	18%	438
2023/24	73%	7%	85%	29%	76%	13%	91%	25%	87%	80%	106.0	106.0	105.0	—	—	—	18%	440
2022/23	63%	13%	88%	35%	63%	19%	87%	29%	81%	79%	107.0	105.0	105.0	+4.10	+0.90	+3.60	15%	438
2018/19	74%	11%	86%	39%	81%	23%	91%	32%	95%	89%	107.0	107.0	108.0	+3.50	+1.30	+3.30	18%	454
2017/18	63%	17%	80%	34%	73%	22%	80%	29%	81%	81%	107.0	105.0	107.0	+0.30	-1.90	-0.30	13%	459
2016/17	67%	16%	78%	36%	83%	36%	79%	21%	86%	86%	106.0	104.0	107.0	+0.30	+1.70	-1.40	10%	462

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	438	19.7	18%	36%	51%	6%	15%
2023/24	440	19.8	18%	36%	47%	6%	19%
2022/23	438	18.3	15%	35%	44%	7%	23%
2021/22	414	19.6	17%	31%	40%	7%	21%
2020/21	442	19.6	17%	29%	36%	—	—
2018/19	454	21.2	18%	25%	38%	4%	10%
2017/18	459	22.3	13%	23%	40%	5%	13%
2016/17	462	21.6	10%	24%	40%	4%	9%