St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School | Primary in London, Islington | Ofsted & DfE | Sipuha

St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School

Primary

Islington · London · N5 1DL www.stjhv.islington.sch.uk

Pupils
206
cap. 210
Ages
4 - 11
Gender
Mixed
Funding
State
Maintained school

The latest DfE performance data shown is from 2024/25.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspection

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Latest inspection
20 Sep 2023
Good

Inspection outcome

Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Early years provision
Good

Other Ofsted reports

5 reports
27 Mar 2014
Full inspectionOutstanding
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9 Jan 2012
Interim assessment
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27 Jan 2009
Full inspectionGood
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This history covers the current school only. Reports for predecessor schools are not included.

Admissions

Can I get my child into this school?

This school is in Islington. You apply through the education LA where you live, even if that is a different council.

Results vs local authority and England

This school's latest published figures, once. Local authority and England averages when we have them.

RWM expected
62%
-19pp
LA
65%
England
63%
90%76%62%
'17'18'19'23'24'25
RWM higher
12%
-10pp
LA
12%
England
8%
30%20%10%
'17'18'19'23'24'25

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

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard
73%
Reading higher standard
35%
Writing expected standard
65%
Writing higher standard
15%
Maths expected standard
81%
Maths higher standard
35%
Science expected standard
77%
SPAG expected standard
85%
LA AVG 74%
SPAG higher standard
31%
LA AVG 33%
Reading scaled score
106.0
LA AVG 106.29
Maths scaled score
105.0
LA AVG 105.36
GPS scaled score
106.0

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
208
cap. 210
211204196
'17'18'19'21'22'23'24'25
Pupil : teacher ratio
23.1
LA AVG 20.26:1
33.526.619.6
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EAL
24%
LA AVG 41.43%
30%26%23%
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FSM eligible
35%
LA AVG 51.08%
35%28%21%
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SEN
28%
LA AVG 25.38%
28%20%12%
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Overall absence
4%
LA
7%
England
5%
6%4%3%
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Persistent absence
9%
LA
20%
England
13%
16%10%3%
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Overview

AddressConewood Street, London, N5 1DL
Telephone02072264906
Local authorityIslington
PhasePrimary
School typeMaintained school
Pupil : teacher ratio23.1:1
Religious characterChurch of England
Finance£9274 spend / pupil£9527 income / pupil2024-25 · CFRView on FBIT

History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

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

YearRWM expectedRWM higherReading prog.Writing prog.Maths prog.Cohort
2024/2562%12%208
2023/2481%22%201
2022/2377%10%+2.70+2.50+3.90196
2018/1990%30%+3.80+2.70+2.90209
2017/1873%20%+4.50+1.80+2.50209
2016/1780%27%+2.90+2.50+3.00211
More fields
YearReading exp.Reading hi.Writing exp.Writing hi.Maths exp.Maths hi.ScienceSPAG exp.Read. scoreMaths scoreGPS scoreSEN
2024/2573%35%65%15%81%35%77%85%106.0105.0106.028%
2023/2489%52%89%26%89%52%93%85%110.0110.0110.025%
2022/2383%47%83%13%83%37%93%97%107.0108.0110.023%
2018/1990%53%90%37%90%40%90%87%108.0108.0110.022%
2017/1883%47%80%27%73%47%83%77%108.0106.0109.019%
2016/1783%53%90%37%90%50%90%93%108.0108.0110.012%

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.

Pupils & absence

YearPupilsPupil:teacherSENEALFSM everAbsencePersistent absence
2024/2520823.128%24%35%4%9%
2023/2420128.725%23%33%4%8%
2022/2319633.523%23%33%5%13%
2021/2220322.919%23%33%6%16%
2020/2120329.620%25%30%
2018/1920919.622%29%21%3%3%
2017/1820922.719%30%22%3%3%
2016/1721122.412%23%22%3%3%

School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.