Yerbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Islington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.312 miles
Distance (miles): 0.312 · Published by Islington Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Yerbury Primary School is a primary school in London, Islington for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 7 February 2023. Islington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Yerbury Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.312 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.277 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.412 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.324 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.277 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.284 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last distance offered for Reception 2026 was 0.312 miles, the 4th shortest of 20 Islington primary schools with a published last distance.
- The Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025, and about the same as in 2019.
- For Reception 2026 there were 87 first-choice applications for 60 offers: 55 offers went to first-choice families, and 32 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- For Reception 2026, 40 of the 238 applications (17%) came from families living outside Islington, and 1 offer went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Islington schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Foxham Road, Yerbury Road, London, N19 4RR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Islington
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 7 February 2023
Strengths
- “Yerbury Primary School is a place in which leaders, staff and pupils live by their school motto, ‘Work hard, Play well, Learn lots, Have fun, Be kind’.”
- “Leaders and staff have high expectations of pupils.”
- “Pupils rise to these expectations very positively.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 27 April 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 74% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 87 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 55 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Islington.
- St John's Upper Holloway CofE Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Mark's CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Hargrave Park School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Tufnell Park Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Duncombe Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Grafton Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Pakeman Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published