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Pooles Park Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Academy

Islington, N4 3NW · Islington local authority

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

Getting in
18/18
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
184 pupils
77% of its 240 places
Free school meals
50%
50 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Pooles Park Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • 50% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Inadequate, November 2022 (shown, not graded)
  • Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026 (18 of 18)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (N4 3) sold for a median £560,875; Islington’s is £662,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Pooles Park Primary School?

Every family who put it first got a place for September 2026.

18
families put it first for September 2026
20
places offered
100%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
2026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered

In every year shown, every family who put it first was offered a place. The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. The Bridge Mat Ltd sets the admissions rules. Apply through Islington council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Islington, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.90 per place
53% got their first choice
1.88 per place
51% got their first choice
1.68 per place
58% got their first choice
1.45 per place
63% got their first choice
1.25 per place
71% got their first choice
1.25 per place
76% got their first choice
1.07 per place
78% got their first choice
1.07 per place
91% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
Pooles Park Primary
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

153 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
25.5%England 15.3%
EHC plan
9.2%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
68%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
58.7%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 46%Boys 54%
Its letter

No letter for Pooles Park Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

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.

Graded inspection: Inadequate, November 2022.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Pooles Park Primary School

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

Home prices in N4 3, the school’s postcode sector

Islington property prices →
£560,875
median sale, 368 sales in 36 months · Islington £662,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K£700K£800K2010201520202025N4 3Islington
N4 3Islington

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Terraced
£1.2M
Flat
£512K
N4 3Islington

Homes in N4 3 sell for well under 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

61 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCB−AA+BA−BAB−A+C+A−AA+A−A+A−B+C−C+CAAC+C+B−A−A+AA−C−AA−AB+A−A−BABA−AA−C−AA−C+AA−B+B+C+B−C+D−B+B+D−Pooles Park Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Islington, N4 3NW

Pooles Park Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Pooles Park Primary School?

For September 2026, 18 families put Pooles Park Primary School first and all of them were offered a place; 20 places were offered in all.

What is Pooles Park Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Inadequate (November 2022).

How much do houses cost near Pooles Park Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, N4 3, sold for a median £560,875 over the 36 months to August 2026 (368 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.