Islamia Primary School

Islamia Primary School is performing at the expected standard overall. Inspectors found the school is fulfilling expected standards across achievement, attendance and behaviour, curriculum and teaching, early years, inclusion, leadership and governance, and personal development, with safeguarding standards met. Pupils are happy, safe and well behaved, and they achieve particularly well in reading and mathematics; disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND are well supported and typically learn well. The school has a broad, ambitious curriculum, a strong early years offer, and a personal development programme that builds confidence, responsibility and community involvement. Leadership and governance have improved, and staff benefit from effective professional development and support. The main areas for development are not widespread weaknesses but consistency. Leaders' curriculum improvements are not yet fully embedded in a very small number of subjects, where some pupils find it harder to remember learning or make connections. Expectations for writing also vary across subjects. Attendance has improved and persistent absence is now in line with national averages, but leaders need to maintain this work and intervene swiftly where attendance needs to improve. The school has recently had significant leadership and governance changes and is due to move to a new building in another part of Brent in September 2027.

Strengths

• Strong achievement in reading, writing and mathematics, with attainment above national averages.
• Disadvantaged pupils achieve at least as well as, and often better than, non-disadvantaged peers nationally.
• Broad and ambitious curriculum, especially well sequenced in reading, writing and mathematics.
• High-quality early years provision with a strong focus on communication and language development.
• Effective inclusion, with high expectations and well-tailored support for pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.
• Pupils behave calmly, respectfully and settle quickly to learning.
• Attendance has improved and persistent absence is now in line with national averages.
• Strong safeguarding culture and effective governance.
• Personal development programme builds citizenship, British values, confidence and responsibility through meaningful experiences.
• Positive, supportive culture for staff, pupils and families, supported by effective leadership and professional development.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum improvements are not yet embedded consistently across all subjects, with a very small number of subjects at an earlier stage.
• In a few subjects, some pupils find it harder to remember learning or make connections in their knowledge.
• Expectations for pupils' writing are not consistently high across all curriculum subjects.
• Recent improvements to attendance need to be maintained, with swift intervention for pupils whose attendance needs to improve.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Islamia Primary School attended 92.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 24.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.7% of pupils at Islamia Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Islamia Primary School had 20.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.3% of pupils at Islamia Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Islamia Primary School received £8,116 and spent £8,399 for each of its 420 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £118,000 (-£281 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Islamia Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Islamia Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in June 2026.

When was Islamia Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Islamia Primary School was last inspected in June 2026.

How many pupils does Islamia Primary School have?

Islamia Primary School has 420 pupils on roll.

What age range does Islamia Primary School cover?

Islamia Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Islamia Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Islamia Primary School?

Islamia Primary School is at 129 Salusbury Road, London, NW6 6PE.