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Hackney New Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Free school
2 Downham Road, London N1 5FR · hackneynewprimaryschool.org · 020 3019 3470
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 81%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Hackney 76%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 344
- 98% of 350 places
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 37.5%
- First language not English
- 40.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 55 families put the school first and 49 places were offered; 75% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 49 | 55 | 1.1▲ | 75% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 50 | 57 | 1.1▲ | 81% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 94% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 49 | 37 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 61 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
Results
In 2024/25, 81% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 8% the higher standard. Across Hackney it was 76%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲81% | 62% | ||
| ●8% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| Grammar and spelling | ▲108 | 105 | |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 18 December 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Hackney New Primary School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, May 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2018Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (60 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 60
- 18% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied