Gillespie Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B80
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- London, N5 1LH
- Distance
- 0.3km away
Ambler Primary School and Children's Centre
Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park, London, N4 2DR
Local ranking9th of 40 primary schools in Islington
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
508
Capacity
0-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 19 November 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 78.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 13.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 80.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 87.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 111.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 112.0
- Cohort Size
- 60
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 525
- Boys
- 266 (51%)
- Girls
- 259 (49%)
- Capacity
- 508 (103% full)
- SEND
- 15.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.1%
- EAL
- 40.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.4%
- SEN Support
- 10.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 22.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,068/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 23.6%
- White Other: 19.6%
- Black African: 14.2%
- Mixed Other: 12.3%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 6.3%
- Other: 6.1%
- Black Caribbean: 4.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
23.6%
White British
19.6%
White Other
14.2%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Blackstock Road
London, London
Administrative
- URN
- 100397
- UKPRN
- 10078006
- Establishment No.
- 2015
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