New River College Medical
New River College Medical is a pupil referral unit in London for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 28 pupils. About 71 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted visited in March 2026 and gave it a report card, which is below.
Maygood Street, London, N1 0TJ020 7504 0534newrivercollege.co.uk/nrc-medical/welcome-medicalMr Nigel Smith headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted visited on 10 March 2026. Instead of one overall word, it now gives a grade for each part of school life. Read the full report on Ofsted's website.
Ofsted says these new grades can't be lined up against the old one-word grades.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2021 | Ungraded | School remains Outstanding |
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Islington council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (22), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Other difficulty or disability (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 28 | 43 | 45 | 29 | 23 | 8 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 68% | 49% | 51% | 59% | 44% | 63% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 4% | 7% | 4% | 14% | 17% | 13% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 81% | 82% | 62% | 52% | 63% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 19% | 18% | 38% | 44% | 38% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 13 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Among pupils from low-income families it was 60%, compared with – for everyone else.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers |
|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 62% | 60% |
| Education | 54% | 50% |
| Apprenticeship | 8% | 10% |
| Work | 0% | 0% |
| Not in education, work or training | 8% | 30% |
Staff
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate Greenaway Nursery School and Children's Centre | Local authority nursery school | 140 m | 76 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Winton Primary School | Council | 380 m | 239 | Outstanding 2024 | 96 | Compare |
| Vittoria Primary School | Council | 390 m | 220 | Good 2021 | 34 | Compare |
| St Andrew's (Barnsbury) CofE Primary School | Church of England | 400 m | 165 | No overall grade 2025 | 18 | Compare |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School | Council | 540 m | 888 | No overall grade 2025 | 84 | Compare |
| The Pears Family School | Free schools alternative provision | 550 m | 0 | Outstanding 2022 | – | Compare |
| The Gower School | Independent | 560 m | 266 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Kings Cross Academy | Academy | 590 m | 399 | Good 2023 | 18 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is New River College Medical a good school?
New River College Medical doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted's report card from March 2026 rated its teaching as strong.
What is New River College Medical's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted no longer gives schools one overall grade. When it visited on 10 March 2026 it rated teaching as strong, achievement as strong, behaviour and attendance as strong, leadership as strong.
How many pupils does New River College Medical have?
28 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Maygood Street, London, N1 0TJ
- Telephone
- 020 7504 0534
- Website
- www.newrivercollege.co.uk/nrc-medical/welcome-medical
- Headteacher
- Mr Nigel Smith
- Type of school
- Pupil referral unit (Pupil referral unit, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Islington
- Ward
- Barnsbury
- Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2003 (new provision)
- URN
- 134274 · LAESTAB 2061110 · UKPRN 10017166
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.