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Samuel Rhodes MLD School

Special / other · London · N5 2EG

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: ExceptionalInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Strong standard

Inspected 12 May 2026 · report published 29 June 2026

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At a glance

130 pupils · 93% of 140 capacity

School type
Community special school
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
72.8% of pupils
English as additional language
27.1% of pupils
SEN support
0% of pupils
EHC plan
100% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.samuelrhodes.islington.sch.uk
URN
100469

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

2 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths

suppressed (small cohort)

Reaching the higher standard

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (reading)

suppressed (small cohort)

Average scaled score (maths)

suppressed (small cohort)

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score

no pupils entered

Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no pupils entered

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

no pupils entered

EBacc average point score

no pupils entered

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. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
9%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
8.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£33,209
Typical special / other school£29,008

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, council-maintained school finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
100%
Continuing in education
100%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
0%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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