St Mary Magdalene Academy is a all-through school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 16/05/2013. According to tests results, the school's progress in maths is well above average, progress in reading and progress in writing are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Liverpool Road, London

School Information

Address: Liverpool Road, London, N7 8PG
Website: www.smmacademy.org
Telephone: 02076970123
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: All-through
Local authority: Islington
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Victoria Linsley
Religious character: Church of England
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 134314

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 16/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 19
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1360
Number of Pupils: 1399
Number of Boys: 757
Number of Girls: 642

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 1.1 Confidence interval -1 to 3.3
Writing
Average: 1.9 Confidence interval -0.1 to 3.9
Maths
Well Above Average: 4 Confidence interval 2.1 to 5.9

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:77%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:19%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:105
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:109
England Average:105

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.43 Confidence interval 0.23 to 0.64
Of the 164 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 155 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:46%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:92%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:60%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:53.4
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.92
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre
Yorkway Court , Copenhagen Street N1 0UH 		4out of 4 1,572 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
North Islington Nursery School
110-112 Tollington Park , N4 3RB 		3out of 4 2,350 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre
20 Halcomb Street , Hoxton N1 5RF 		4out of 4 2,599 yd Local authority nursery school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Thomas Coram Centre
49 Mecklenburgh Square , WC1N 2NY 		4out of 4 2,783 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Margaret McMillan Nursery School
Hornsey Rise , N19 3SF 		3out of 4 3,233 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School
68 Georges Road , Holloway N7 8JN 		3out of 4 457 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School
Laycock Primary School
Laycock Street , Upper Street N1 1SW 		3out of 4 525 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Drayton Park Primary School
Arvon Road , N5 1PJ 		3out of 4 596 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Canonbury Primary School
Canonbury Road , N1 2UT 		3out of 4 758 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Thornhill Primary School
Thornhill Road , Islington N1 1HX 		3out of 4 791 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Highbury Fields School
Highbury Hill , N5 1AR 		4out of 4 911 yd Community school No Girls More About School
City of London Academy Highbury Grove
8 Highbury Grove , Islington N5 2EQ 		1out of 4 949 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
City of London Academy Islington
Prebend Street , Islington N1 8PQ 		4out of 4 1,635 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Beacon High
Hilldrop Road , N7 0JG 		2out of 4 1,700 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
Donegal Street , Islington N1 9QG 		4out of 4 1,763 yd Community school No Girls More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The London Screen Academy
Highbury Grove , Highbury East N5 2AD 		- not rated 1,132 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School
WM College
44 Crowndale Road , Mill Hill Road NW1 1TR 		- not rated 2,468 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Capital City College Group
211 Gray's Inn Road , WC1X 8RA 		- not rated 2,575 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New River College Secondary
Lough Road , N7 8RH 		3out of 4 129 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
St Mary Magdalene Academy: the Courtyard
Holloway Road , Islington N7 8LT 		3out of 4 246 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
Dania School
St David's Church, Westbourne Road , N7 8AB 		- not rated 299 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
London Metropolitan University
166 - 220 Holloway Road , N7 8DB 		- not rated 543 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Samuel Rhodes MLD School
11 Highbury New Park , N5 2EG 		4out of 4 929 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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