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Samuel Rhodes MLD School

Special schoolAges 11–19CommunitySixth form

Islington, N5 2EG · Islington local authority

Islington’s School Grade A− better than 83% of towns in England

How full
130 pupils
93% of its 140 places
Free school meals
73%
73 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Samuel Rhodes MLD School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 73% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted report card, May 2026: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (N5 2) sold for a median £661,250; Islington’s is £662,000

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

129 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
0%England 15.3%
EHC plan
100%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
27.1%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
70.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 33%Boys 67%
Its letter

No letter for Samuel Rhodes MLD School

Special schools aren’t given a letter: their pupils’ needs differ too much for results to compare with mainstream schools.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Report card, inspection starting May 2026.

SafeguardingMet
AchievementStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
InclusionStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and well-beingExceptional
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
Sixth formStrong standard

Before the report card: Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding, May 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Samuel Rhodes MLD School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in N5 2, the school’s postcode sector

Islington property prices →
£661,250
median sale, 429 sales in 36 months · Islington £662,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K£800K2010201520202025N5 2Islington
N5 2Islington

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Semi-detached
£2.4M
Terraced
£1.7M
Flat
£615K
N5 2Islington

Homes in N5 2 sell for about the same as Islington’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

66 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCAA−AB+A−B−AA+C+B+B−AB+BA−AA+A+A−B−C−CC+CA+C+A+AC+C−A−B−AC+CA−C−AA−A+A+BAA+A−B+C−ABA−A+AA+B−ACB−A+AC+D−C+A−D−Samuel Rhodes MLD School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Islington, N5 2EG

Samuel Rhodes MLD School: common questions

What is Samuel Rhodes MLD School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection (May 2026) gave a report card: achievement strong standard, safeguarding met. Ofsted stopped giving one-word overall grades in September 2024.

How much do houses cost near Samuel Rhodes MLD School?

Homes in its postcode sector, N5 2, sold for a median £661,250 over the 36 months to August 2026 (429 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Islington’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.