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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School

Secondary · London · N1 9QG

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Outstanding

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 21 January 2025

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At a glance

888 pupils · 99% of 900 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
11–16
Gender
Girls
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
61.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
58.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.egaschool.co.uk
URN
100457

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 166 families named it first for 178 Year 7 places, 0.93 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 1.008 miles; distance decided places in 7 of the 13 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2007 to 2026. At its inspection on 21 January 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Outstanding. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.93 first-choice applications per place

178 places offered · 166 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.008 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 1.008 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

172 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
52.7
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
75%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
54.7%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
4.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school52.7
Median of its 12 closest peers40.3
Islington average48.7
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
City of Derby AcademyDerby · 110 miles awayUrgent improvement34.8
Blue Coat Church of England AcademyWalsall · 107 miles awayGood37.4
The Lea Valley AcademyEnfield · 11 miles awayGood33.3
Saracens High SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood47.1
Cardinal Pole Catholic SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood42.9
Platanos CollegeLondon · 4 miles awayGood40.8
Cedar Mount AcademyGorton · 158 miles awayNeeds attention37.2
Yardleys SchoolBirmingham · 97 miles awayGood46.7
West Walsall E-ACT AcademyWalsall · 108 miles awayGood39.9
Bow SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood43.2
Astrea Academy SheffieldSheffield · 141 miles awayGood45.4
Oasis Academy Don ValleySheffield · 140 miles awayNeeds attention36.8

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 19% (Islington 7%, England 2%) · Black African 18% (Islington 17%, England 5%) · White British 17% (Islington 24%, England 59%) · Any other ethnic group 12% (Islington 9%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Islington 14%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Islington 9%, England 3%) · Not recorded 5% (Islington 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Islington 4%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Islington 4%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Islington 1%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 1% (Islington 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Islington 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Islington 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Islington 2%, England 2%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
25.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

3.75 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Islington: 24.77 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
14.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

77% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 19% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

1.64% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained secondaries: 0.22% vacant, 0.42% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

82.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £69,384; 12.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£11,835
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (77%) · premises 11% (6%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (7%) · supplies and services 13% (10%) · educational supplies 4% (6%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £2,347,791; in-year balance +£524,897

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
90%
Continuing in education
89%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher43.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications19.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work27.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier10.6%62.3%
Social housing62%17.1%
Privately rented27%20.5%
Detached houses0.5%22.9%
Flats97.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van73%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002697 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£755,000861 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£535,000–£1,250,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (6)£2,087,500
Terraced (157)£1,800,000
Flat (695)£657,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Year 7 cutoff distance (1.62 km, 2026 entry): 2,684 sales, median £730,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
34an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
230an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
40an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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