New River College Primary, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
This school is excellent at welcoming pupils with challenging backgrounds and helping them thrive academically and emotionally. Teachers genuinely understand each child's needs and use skilled behaviour management to help pupils develop confidence and positive attitudes to learning. Most importantly, the school successfully prepares pupils to return to mainstream education with improved literacy, numeracy and social skills.
Key Strengths
- Teaching is almost always good and occasionally outstanding, with consistent improvement through rigorous monitoring
- Pupils make good progress in literacy and numeracy skills, helping them successfully return to mainstream schools
- Staff manage behaviour exceptionally well, with pupils responding positively and rapidly developing responsibility for their own conduct
- Teachers know their pupils well and skillfully help them overcome barriers caused by emotional and behavioural difficulties
- High attendance rates for this type of school
Areas for Improvement
- Not enough outstanding teaching to enable outstanding achievement overall
- Teachers do not always record each small step in pupils' learning, making it harder to plan precisely for individual progress
- Pupils are not always made clearly aware of how to improve their work and reach their learning targets
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective; the school operates as a calm, cohesive community where pupils feel safe and secure, with high levels of adult supervision and clear training in de-escalation techniques for all staff.
Extracurricular Activities
singing assembly, circle time, personal health and social education sessions, structured breaks and lunchtimes
New River College Primary is a pupil referral unit (PRU) that provides education for primary-age students who have been excluded or are at risk of exclusion from mainstream schools. The school was rated Good in 2013 and maintains this rating, with particular strength in helping pupils overcome emotional and behavioural difficulties while making good progress in literacy and numeracy.
At a Glance
50.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Class Sizes
0.0
Avg class size
0
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Islington
Places available
1,530
Applications
1,585
Got 1st preference
68.6%
Got preferred school
94.8%
Secondary admissions across Islington (2025/26)
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