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URN 146031 · Islington · DAY ONE TRUST

In Islington

Suspensions and permanent exclusions

Against Islington and England, secondary schools.

Suspensions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Islington
24.77
England
21.24

21.24 lower than England.

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Suspensions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2017/18Not published16.4610.13
2018/19Not published19.1910.75
2019/201.9913.267.43
2020/210.5114.958.48
2021/220.1621.8413.96
2022/230.0016.8318.90
2023/240.0020.6322.61
2024/250.0024.7721.24

Suspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. One pupil can be suspended more than once. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

2024/25

0.00

Islington
0.08
England
0.23

0.23 lower than England.

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Permanent exclusions per 100 pupils
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2017/18Not published0.230.20
2018/19Not published0.230.20
2019/200.000.120.13
2020/210.000.010.10
2021/220.000.080.16
2022/230.000.110.22
2023/240.000.160.25
2024/250.000.080.23

Permanent exclusions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England, 2024/25.

Pupils

Against Islington and England, secondary schools.

Eligible for free school meals

2024/25

19.6%

Islington
47.7%
England
25.8%

6.2 percentage points lower than England.

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Eligible for free school meals
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2021/2212.8%41.3%20.9%
2022/2321.5%44.2%22.7%
2023/2420.9%45.5%24.1%
2024/2519.6%47.7%25.8%

Pupils known to be eligible for free school meals on census day in January. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

SEN support

2024/25

21.1%

Islington
16.8%
England
13.4%

7.7 percentage points higher than England.

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SEN support
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2021/2217.2%15.5%11.9%
2022/2318.5%16.4%12.4%
2023/2418.1%16.8%12.9%
2024/2521.1%16.8%13.4%

Pupils receiving special educational needs support without an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Education, health and care plan

2024/25

2.6%

Islington
3.6%
England
3.1%

0.5 percentage points lower than England.

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Education, health and care plan
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2021/223.1%2.8%2.2%
2022/232.8%3.1%2.4%
2023/243.0%3.5%2.7%
2024/252.6%3.6%3.1%

Pupils with an education, health and care plan. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

First language other than English

2024/25

15.2%

Islington
34.0%
England
19.2%

4.0 percentage points lower than England.

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First language other than English
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2021/228.3%35.4%17.5%
2022/237.3%34.5%18.1%
2023/249.8%33.9%18.6%
2024/2515.2%34.0%19.2%

Pupils whose first language is known or believed to be other than English. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, Schools, pupils and their characteristics, 2024/25.

Teachers

Against Islington and England, secondary schools.

Pupils per qualified teacher

2025/26

27.7

Islington
15.3
England
17.3

10.4 higher than England.

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Pupils per qualified teacher
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2017/18Not published14.216.5
2018/19Not published14.216.8
2019/20Not published14.917.2
2020/2136.914.917.1
2021/2221.415.317.1
2022/2319.215.217.2
2023/2419.515.317.4
2024/2532.416.017.3
2025/2627.715.317.3

Full-time equivalent pupils for each full-time equivalent qualified teacher. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2025/26.

Teacher sickness absence

2024/25

4.2 days

Islington
5.6 days
England
5.0 days

0.8 days lower than England.

Compared with all state-funded schools: DfE publishes this measure for all schools, not by phase.

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Teacher sickness absence
YearThis schoolIslingtonEngland
2017/18Not published4.0 days4.0 days
2018/19Not published4.0 days4.0 days
2019/20Not publishedNot publishedNot published
2020/213.8 days3.6 days3.9 days
2021/226.1 days6.0 days6.3 days
2022/237.1 days5.7 days5.2 days
2023/249.8 days6.1 days5.3 days
2024/254.2 days5.6 days5.0 days

Days lost to sickness absence in the school year, averaged across all teachers. Source: Department for Education, Explore Education Statistics, School workforce in England, 2024/25.

Finance

Academies report their accounts as part of their trust, so DfE publishes no school-level balance for this school. The trust’s figures are in DfE’s Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool.

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About the school

Pupils on roll
867
Capacity
1,000
Type
Free schools 16 to 19
Phase
16 plus
Age range
16 to 19
Sixth form
Has a sixth form
Admissions
Non-selective
Gender
Mixed
Trust
DAY ONE TRUST
Opened
2 September 2019
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Constituency
Islington North
Deprivation of the area (IDACI)
Decile 4 of 10 (1 is the most deprived tenth of neighbourhoods)

Address: Highbury Grove, London, N5 2AG

Website: www.lsa.ac.uk

Telephone: 02081068100

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Sources and corrections

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