Arts and Media School Islington
Foundation school · 577 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.3
Community school
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
- Pupils on roll
- 888of 900 places
- Free school meals
- 61.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 172
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 21 January 2025Read the Ofsted report
What the data says
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School has no sixth form. Of the 179 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 5% moved to a sixth form college, 41% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 34% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 52.7 against 46.1 across England and 47.0 in Islington, with 55% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Nearly everyone studies a modern language to GCSE (Spanish, French, German entries add up to 88% of the cohort), which is rare outside selective and independent schools.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Islington and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 179 | 1,530 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 90% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 89% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 41% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 5% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 41% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 7% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 3% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 52.7 | 47.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 75% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 83% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.93 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 55% | 56% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 48.6 | 40.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 57.7 | 54.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 60% | 36% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 167 | 97% | 88% | 23% | 22% | 79% |
| English Language | 167 | 97% | 89% | 30% | 20% | 79% |
| English Literature | 164 | 95% | 86% | 38% | 21% | 85% |
| Combined Science | 126 | 73% | 65% | 9% | 9% | 67% |
| History | 87 | 51% | 41% | 53% | 26% | 83% |
| Spanish | 77 | 45% | 19% | 32% | 27% | 81% |
| French | 74 | 43% | 18% | 12% | 29% | 49% |
| Geography | 68 | 40% | 41% | 19% | 25% | 60% |
| Media Studies | 59 | 34% | 4% | 31% | 20% | 83% |
| Fine Art | 56 | 33% | 9% | 18% | 28% | 64% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 46 | 27% | 8% | 30% | 21% | 89% |
| Chemistry | 41 | 24% | 23% | 56% | 47% | 100% |
| Physics | 41 | 24% | 23% | 41% | 46% | 98% |
| Biology | 41 | 24% | 23% | 56% | 45% | 100% |
| Sociology | 37 | 22% | 4% | 62% | 21% | 92% |
| Business Studies | 37 | 22% | 18% | 27% | 20% | 76% |
| Drama | 32 | 19% | 7% | 38% | 27% | 84% |
| Psychology | 31 | 18% | 3% | 26% | 22% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 30 | 17% | 31% | 73% | 32% | 93% |
| Economics | 22 | 13% | 1% | 41% | 34% | 86% |
| Physical Education | 20 | 12% | 11% | 20% | 24% | 80% |
| Computer Science | 17 | 10% | 13% | 29% | 30% | 88% |
| Citizenship Studies | 17 | 10% | 3% | 41% | 19% | 88% |
| Music | 16 | 9% | 5% | 25% | 33% | 94% |
| Dance | 8 | 5% | 1% | 25% | 27% | 88% |
| Turkish | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Classical Civilisation | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 40% | — |
| Arabic | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| German | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 33 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 6 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Islington
Central Foundation Boys' School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.2
City of London Academy Highbury Grove
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 892 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.4
City of London Academy, Highgate Hill
Free schools · sixth form · 641 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
City of London Academy Islington
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 852 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.8
Highbury Fields School
Community school · sixth form · 733 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.