Samuel Rhodes MLD School
Special schoolSamuel Rhodes MLD School is a special school in Islington, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 130 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 12 May 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationEnd of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 67% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 13% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Withheld by DfE to protect confidentiality | 106 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 47.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 48% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 65.9% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 24 | – | – |
- Samuel Rhodes MLD School teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- City of London Academy Highbury GroveSecondary. Good (overall), April 2022. Attainment 8 of 44.0 (2025/26, provisional)90 m
- The London Screen AcademySixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file430 m
- Canonbury Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)490 m
- Highbury Fields SchoolSecondary. School remains Outstanding, September 2022. Attainment 8 of 56.2 (2025/26, provisional)490 m
- North Bridge House Senior Canonbury SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file560 m
- Drayton Park Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, June 2025. 85% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)620 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Islington
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).