Canonbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Islington
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.403 miles
Distance (miles): 0.403 · Published by Islington Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Canonbury Primary School is a primary school in London, Islington for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 October 2022. Islington has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
Canonbury 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 | 0.403 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.560 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 0.655 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.622 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.341 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.545 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last place offered went to a child living 0.403 miles away, the 10th longest of 20 Islington primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That 2026 Reception distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and in 2019, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026 there were 60 first-choice applications for 60 Reception offers; 40 offers went to first-choice families, and 20 first-choice families (33%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 78% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Canonbury Road, London, N1 2UT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Islington
- Pupils on roll
- 441 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 47.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 October 2022
Strengths
- “Staff help pupils to achieve because they have high expectations.”
- “Pupils work hard to meet these expectations.”
- “They behave well because they want to learn.”
To improve
- “However, this is not fully embedded across the school.”
- “In a small number of subjects, teachers do not check precisely what pupils have remembered.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2022 (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) | 78% | 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: 60 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 40 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.
- Laycock Primary School 0.2 mi Good Last distance published
- William Tyndale Primary School 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Mary's CofE Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The New North Academy 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Thornhill Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Drayton Park Primary School 0.5 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Rotherfield Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published