City of London Primary Academy, Islington | School performance

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

40%

RWM higher · 2024/25

317

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

40%

RWM higher · 2024/25

317

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

80%

RWM expected · 2024/25

40%

RWM higher · 2024/25

317

Pupils · 2024/25

37%

EAL · 2024/25

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Outstanding

Ofsted inspection · 05/11/2019

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityIslington

PhasePrimary

School typeAcademy

Pupil : teacher ratio19.8:1

Admissions—

Religious characterNone

StatusOpen

Overview of City of London Primary Academy, Islington · Primary · Islington

Part ofCITY OF LONDON ACADEMIES TRUST

How does this school perform?

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

RWM expected standard

80%

+4pp

80%78%76%

'24'25

'25 · 80%

RWM higher standard

40%

+16pp

40%32%24%

'24'25

'25 · 40%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

97%

Reading higher standard

60%

Writing expected standard

80%

Writing higher standard

50%

Maths expected standard

93%

Maths higher standard

47%

Science expected standard

90%

SPAG expected standard

97%

SPAG higher standard

63%

Reading scaled score

112.0

Maths scaled score

109.0

GPS scaled score

113.0

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

317

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.8

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

37%

FSM eligible

25%

SEN

18%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

Contact

Address

15 Baltic Street West, London, EC1Y 0AE

Local authority

Islington

Website

www.colpai.org.uk

Telephone

02075040556

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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	80%	40%	97%	60%	80%	50%	93%	47%	90%	97%	112.0	109.0	113.0	—	—	—	18%	317
2023/24	76%	24%	90%	33%	88%	36%	88%	36%	81%	79%	108.0	106.0	107.0	—	—	—	12%	312
2022/23	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	7%	265
2018/19	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	6%	64
2017/18	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	41
2016/17	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	Not published	—	New school

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	317	19.1	18%	37%	25%	4%	9%
2023/24	312	20.8	12%	34%	26%	4%	4%
2022/23	265	22.8	7%	31%	22%	5%	15%
2021/22	222	22.2	6%	30%	24%	4%	12%
2020/21	153	21.9	10%	24%	18%	—	—
2018/19	64	16.0	6%	27%	12%	3%	7%