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St John's Highbury Vale CofE Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 62% 62% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
62% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
12% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
106 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
105 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 81%[4] 22%[4] 110[4] 110[4]
2022/23 77%[5] 10%[5] 107[5] 108[5]
2018/19 90%[6] 30%[6] 108[6] 108[6]
2017/18 73%[7] 20%[7] 108[7] 106[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
20 Sep 2023[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
9 Nov 2023[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
4.8 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
145 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
28 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
30 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 137[9] 27[9] 30[9] 4.6[9] 0.9[9]
Entry Sept 2024 130[9] 20[9] 30[9] 4.3[9] 0.7[9]
Entry Sept 2023 150[9] 26[9] 30[9] 5.0[9] 0.9[9]
Entry Sept 2022 142[9] 30[9] 30[9] 4.7[9] 1.0[9]

Character & practicalities

Type
Voluntary aided school[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Church of England[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
210[1]
Local authority
Islington[1]
Website
www.stjhv.islington.sch.uk[1]
District
Islington[10]
Postcode
N5 1DL[1]
URN
100440[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
208 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
23.6% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
23.6% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
4.3% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
35.1% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.5%[12]
Mixed
23.8%[12]
Asian
3.4%[12]
Black
16.5%[12]
Any other ethnic group
1.9%[12]
Unclassified
4.9%[12]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.