Arts and Media School Islington
Secondary · Foundation school · Ages 11–16 · London, Islington
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Islington Council · offers on 2 March 2026
Year 7 last distance offered, 2021–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Arts and Media School Islington is a secondary school in London, Islington for ages 11–16 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 April 2023. Islington has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2021 to 2026 entry.
Arts and Media School Islington 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 |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2022 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 3 of the 8 other Islington secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- 2026 Year 7 entry had 61 first-choice applications for 99 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 38 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 34 of the 207 applications (16%) for Year 7 2026 came from families living outside Islington, and 8 offers went to them.
- In 2024/25, 28% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 38.3 (England 46).
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
- Turle Road, London, N4 3LS
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Islington
- Pupils on roll
- 577 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 67.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 April 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are looked after well by staff.”
- “The school provides pupils with a caring and welcoming environment.”
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and they feel safe.”
To improve
- “However, in a small number of instances, teachers do not make sure that pupils follow leaders’ expectations for behaviour.”
- “However, in a few subjects, leaders are less clear about the crucial knowledge that pupils need to learn and recall securely, particularly in Years 7 to 9.”
- “This means that, in these subjects, the curriculum is not supporting pupils to remember crucial knowledge as well as it could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 June 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 28% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 38.3 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 61 first-preference applications, 99 offers in total, 61 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 secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Islington.
- City of London Academy, Highgate Hill 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- St Aloysius' College 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lift Beacon High 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Highbury Fields School 1.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- City of London Academy Highbury Grove 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- City of London Academy Islington 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Central Foundation Boys' School 3.2 mi Not judged Last distance published