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St Aloysius' College

Secondary · London · N6 5LY

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 June 2022

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At a glance

341 pupils · 30% of 1,150 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
66.2% of pupils (January 2026)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.sta.islington.sch.uk
URN
151990

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 54 families named it first for 86 Year 7 places, 0.63 first choices per place. We hold 12 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2009 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 7 June 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.63 first-choice applications per place

86 places offered · 54 first-choice applications · usually has places

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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 29% (Islington 17%, England 5%) · Any other White background 14% (Islington 14%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Islington 9%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 9% (Islington 7%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 7% (Islington 9%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Islington 4%, England 1%) · White British 6% (Islington 24%, England 59%) · Any other Black background 6% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Islington 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 3% (Islington 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Islington 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Islington 1%, England 5%) · White Irish 1% (Islington 1%, England 0%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Islington 2%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 1% (Islington 1%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Islington 2%, England 2%)

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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.2%
England 17.5%

Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms · how absence is measured

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
13.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £65,888; 17.9% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
5/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher64.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work51.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health57.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier30.1%62.3%
Social housing20.1%17.1%
Privately rented49.5%20.5%
Detached houses0.4%22.9%
Flats84.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van70.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01002770 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£650,000756 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£480,000–£1,150,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (11)£2,850,000
Semi-detached (30)£1,687,500
Terraced (162)£1,397,500
Flat (553)£560,000

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
84an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
14an 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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