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Cut off distances for schools in Islington

A three-year overview of the cut-off distances for the last pupils admitted to each Islington primary and secondary school based on distance from home.

Cut-off distances are used to decide who will be admitted and in which order when a school receives more applications than there are places available. 

Children living closer to the school are admitted first until the last place available at the school is filled. The cut-off distance is the home-to-school distance for the child who gets the last place at the school. Other applicants who did not get a place are added to the school’s waiting list in order of nearest first.

The cut-off distance changes every year based on the number of:

  • applications received by the school
  • children who are offered a place under a different reason
  • people who live closer to the school.

For voluntary-aided schools with a religious character - like Catholic and Church of England schools - the cut-off distance is only for applicants who were considered for a place using only home-to-school as a reason. It does not apply to other applicants considered under reasons of faith or church, that are used for making decisions about admission to these schools before distance.

Distances between school and home of last child admitted

Primary Schools

Name of school Type of school Distance (miles) in 2024-25 Distance (miles) in 2023-24 Distance (miles) in 2022-23
Ambler Primary School Mixed Community 0.290 0.393 0.289
Ashmount Primary School Mixed Community 0.856 0.828 0.535
Canonbury Primary School Mixed Community 0.655 0.452 0.622
Christ the King Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Catholic Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
City of London Primary Academy Islington Mixed Academy 3.025 0.57 0.424
Drayton Park Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable 0.479
Duncombe Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Gillespie Primary School Mixed Community 0.148 0.148 0.141
Grafton Primary School Mixed Community 0.912 0.457 0.35
Hanover Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable 0.37 0.245
Hargrave Park Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Highbury Quadrant Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Hugh Myddlelton Primary School Mixed Community 0.382 0.466 0.318
Hungerford Primary School Mixed Academy Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Laycock Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Moreland Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable 1.156
Newington Green Primary School Mixed Community 0.431 Not applicable Not applicable
Pakeman Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Pooles Park Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Prior Weston Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Robert Blair Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Rotherfield Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Catholic Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St Andrew's Barnsbury CE Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Church of England Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St Joan of Arc Catholic Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Catholic 0.55 0.33 0.2
St John Evangelist Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Catholic Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St John's Highbury Vale Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Church of England 0.351 0.21 0.28
St John's Upper Holloway CE Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Church of England Not applicable 0.99 Not applicable
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Catholic Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St Jude and St Paul's CE Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Church of England Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St Luke's CE Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Church of England Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St Mark's CE Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Church of England 1.107 0.33 0.34
St Mary Magdalene Academy Mixed Church of England Academy 0.528 0.184 0.276
St Mary's Islington CE Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Church of England Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary School Mixed Voluntary-aided Catholic Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
The New North Academy Mixed Academy Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Thornhill Primary School Mixed Community 0.337 0.364 0.398
Tufnell Park Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Vittoria Primary School Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Whitehall Park Mixed Free School Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
William Tyndale Primary School Mixed Academy 0.523 0.198 0.256
Winton Primary School Mixed Community 1.552 1.409 0.347
Yerbury Primary School Mixed Community 0.412 0.321 0.324

 

Secondary Schools

Name of school Type of school Distance (miles) in 2024-25 Distance (miles) in 2023-24 Distance (miles) in 2022-23
Arts and Media School Islington Mixed Foundation Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Beacon High Mixed Community Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
Central Foundation Boys' School Band 1 Boys Voluntary-aided 1.429 1.261 1.24
Central Foundation Boys' School Band 2 Boys Voluntary-aided 1.677 1.958 1.374
Central Foundation Boys' School Band 3 Boys Voluntary-aided 1.658 2.444 1.68
Central Foundation Boys' School Band 4 Boys Voluntary-aided 3.911 1.419 2.625
City of London Academy Highbury Grove Mixed Academy Not applicable Not applicable 2.167
City of London Academy Highgate Hill Band 1 Mixed Academy Not applicable Not applicable 3.271
City of London Academy Highgate Hill Band 2 Mixed Academy Not applicable Not applicable 0.559
City of London Academy Highgate Hill Band 3 Mixed Academy Not applicable Not applicable 0.416
City of London Academy Highgate Hill Band 4 Mixed Academy Not applicable Not applicable 3.172
City of London Academy Islington Band 1 Mixed Academy 2.946 0.804 0.713
City of London Academy Islington Band 2 Mixed Academy 1.111 1.068 1.456
City of London Academy Islington Band 3 Mixed Academy 2.016 0.554 0.736
City of London Academy Islington Band 4 Mixed Academy 1.541 0.491 0.627
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School Girls Community 1.082 1.506 0.873
Highbury Fields School Girls Community 0.974 0.787 0.893
St Aloysius' College Catholic Boys School with a mixed Sixth Form Not applicable Not applicable Not applicable
St Mary Magdalene Academy (Open) Mixed Church of England Academy 0.38 0.326 0.312
St Mary Magdalene Academy (Foundation) Mixed Church of England Academy 1.091 0.92 0.838
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