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William Tyndale Primary School

Primary · London · N1 2GG

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 26 November 2024

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At a glance

448 pupils · 100% of 450 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
46.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.williamtyndale-islington.co.uk/
URN
137566

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 111 families named it first for 59 Reception places, 1.88 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.244 miles; distance decided places in 9 of the 10 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2012 to 2026. At its inspection on 26 November 2024 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.88 first-choice applications per place

59 places offered · 111 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

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 0.244 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.244 miles

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
England 105

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

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers61.5%
Islington average67.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 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.

SchoolOfstedResult
Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery SchoolKing's Lynn · 87 miles awayGood42%
Godwin Junior SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood62%
Boothferry Primary SchoolGoole · 153 miles awayGood52%
Kader AcademyMiddlesbrough · 213 miles awayStrong standard72%
Whitley Abbey Primary SchoolCoventry · 83 miles awayGood65%
Cecil Road Primary and Nursery SchoolGravesend · 21 miles awayGood61%
Trumpington Park Primary SchoolCambridge · 44 miles awayExpected standard70%
St Philip Howard Catholic Primary SchoolHatfield · 16 miles awayGood42%
Oxhey Wood Primary SchoolWatford · 14 miles awayExpected standard75%
Gravel Hill Primary SchoolBexleyheath · 13 miles awayNeeds attention56%
Highworth Combined School and NurseryHigh Wycombe · 28 miles awayGood86%
Savile Park Primary SchoolHalifax · 167 miles awayGood42%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 34% (Islington 16%, England 7%) · White British 26% (Islington 24%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 10% (Islington 11%, England 3%) · Black African 5% (Islington 16%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 5% (Islington 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 4% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Islington 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Islington 4%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Islington 5%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Islington 0%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Islington 1%, England 4%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Islington 4%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Islington 2%, England 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
9.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.22 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Islington: 1.95 suspensions and 0.01 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
22.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

61.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 7.3 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 £60,408; 20.8% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,692
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 78% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £539,000; in-year balance +£86,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher71.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.2%18.1%
In managerial or professional work60.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health60.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier35.8%62.3%
Social housing24.6%17.1%
Privately rented39.5%20.5%
Detached houses0.9%22.9%
Flats77.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van66.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002791 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£775,0001,343 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£543,000–£1,268,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£1,825,000
Semi-detached (35)£2,200,000
Terraced (288)£1,855,000
Flat (1009)£650,000

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

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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
40an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
262an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
48an 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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