Arts and Media School Islington

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Islington
Unique reference
131690
Address
Turle Road, N4 3LS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
630 (84% of total capacity)
Boys
55.2%
Girls
44.8%
First language not English
36.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
55.7%
Persistent absence
43.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.1%
Pupil ethnicities
Mixed 25.4%
African 18.9%
White British 15.1%
Other White 13.2%
Caribbean 8.7%
Other 8.3%
Bangladeshi 3.7%
Pakistani 2.5%
Unclassified 1.4%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.25
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.03
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 26%
Local authority average 54%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 39.7
Local authority average 46.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.25
Local authority average 4.18
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award20
ArabicGCSE5
Art & DesignGCSE22
BiologyGCSE98
ChemistryGCSE97
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE37
Design & TechnologyGCSE11
DanceGCSE7
English LanguageGCSE120
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Arts and Media School Islington

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
118
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
72
2nd preference
60
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
68
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
72
2nd preference
15
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
18
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
91
49
42
Year 8
118
65
53
Year 9
147
84
63
Year 10
139
66
73
Year 11
135
84
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
89.0%
90.5%
85.6%
Further education
45.0%
38.2%
35.4%
School sixth form
24.0%
45.1%
36.6%
Sixth form college
20.0%
6.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
1.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
1.1%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
5.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
3.0%
1.0%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023