School profile
Samuel Rhodes MLD School
11 Highbury New Park, London, N5 2EG
Overview
Samuel Rhodes MLD School is a special / send school (community special school) in London, London, for pupils aged 11–19. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Community special school
- Establishment group
- Special schools
- Age range
- Ages 11–19
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- Yes
- School capacity
- 140
- Pupils on roll
- 130
- URN
- 100469
Admissions
- Local authority
- Islington
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Official performance data
School performance
Official Department for Education results for this school. Results are shown for the academic year they relate to.
Primary
2024/25 results
Reading, writing & maths — meeting the expected standard
- School
- Suppressed by DfE to protect individual pupils
- England
- 62%
Pupils included: 2
Reading, writing & maths — achieving a higher standard
- School
- Suppressed by DfE to protect individual pupils
- England
- 8%
Pupils included: 2
Source: Department for Education · School performance data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 12 May 2026 · Published 29 June 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 25 May 2022 · Published 14 July 2022
Outcome: School remains Outstanding
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
SEND and additional needs
Types of special educational need recorded in the official dataset. These describe recorded provision, not a judgement of quality.
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
Location
- Address
- 11 Highbury New Park, London, N5 2EG
- Local authority
- Islington
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