Central Foundation Boys' School
Voluntary aided school · sixth form · 1,152 pupils
94% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.2
Foundation school
Arts and Media School Islington
- Pupils on roll
- 577of 690 places
- Free school meals
- 67.0%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 130
- Ofsted
- Good, 20 April 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: George Orwell School (URN 100456).
What the data says
Arts and Media School Islington has no sixth form. Of the 138 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 9% moved to a sixth form college, 60% to a further education college and 1% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 28% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
11% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.3 against 46.1 across England and 47.0 in Islington, with 28% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Islington and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | This school | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 138 | 1,530 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 81% | 91% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 80% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 11% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 9% | 5% | 13% |
| — further education college | 60% | 41% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 4% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| Employment | 1% | 1% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 11% | 6% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 8% | 4% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | This school | Islington | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 38.3 | 47.0 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 28% | 48% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 49% | 64% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 39% | 48% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.25 | 4.27 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 62% | 56% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 36.7 | 40.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 40.8 | 54.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 27% | 36% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 130 | 100% | 89% | 9% | 20% | 56% |
| Mathematics | 129 | 99% | 88% | 11% | 22% | 57% |
| English Literature | 127 | 98% | 86% | 10% | 21% | 62% |
| Physics | 111 | 85% | 23% | 10% | 46% | 38% |
| Chemistry | 111 | 85% | 23% | 10% | 47% | 43% |
| Biology | 110 | 85% | 23% | 8% | 45% | 45% |
| History | 59 | 45% | 41% | 14% | 26% | 51% |
| Sociology | 37 | 28% | 4% | 5% | 21% | 54% |
| Spanish | 37 | 28% | 19% | 24% | 27% | 46% |
| Geography | 27 | 21% | 41% | 15% | 25% | 26% |
| Statistics | 25 | 19% | 5% | 28% | 20% | 96% |
| Art and Design | 23 | 18% | 7% | 4% | 24% | 65% |
| Religious Studies | 22 | 17% | 31% | 45% | 32% | 77% |
| French | 21 | 16% | 18% | 10% | 29% | 67% |
| Computer Science | 21 | 16% | 13% | 24% | 30% | 81% |
| Physical Education | 19 | 15% | 11% | 16% | 24% | 68% |
| Combined Science | 15 | 12% | 65% | 0% | 9% | 0% |
| Media Studies | 11 | 8% | 4% | 9% | 20% | 91% |
| Music | 11 | 8% | 5% | 9% | 33% | 100% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 10 | 8% | 8% | 0% | 21% | 30% |
| Design and Technology | 9 | 7% | 11% | 22% | 23% | 78% |
| Drama | 8 | 6% | 7% | 0% | 27% | 0% |
| Dance | 7 | 5% | 1% | 0% | 27% | 29% |
| Turkish | 5 | 4% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Italian | 2 | 2% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Polish | 2 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Arabic | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 28 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Islington
City of London Academy Highbury Grove
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 892 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.4
City of London Academy, Highgate Hill
Free schools · sixth form · 641 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
City of London Academy Islington
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 852 pupils
88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.8
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
Community school · 888 pupils
89% stayed in education · Attainment 8 52.7
Highbury Fields School
Community school · sixth form · 733 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 57.4
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.