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Shoreditch Park Primary School

Primary · London · N1 5JN

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Outstanding

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 4 June 2024

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At a glance

441 pupils · 99% of 445 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
59.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
13.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.shoreditchpark.hackney.sch.uk
URN
100245

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 58 families named it first for 53 Reception places, 1.09 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.419 miles; distance decided places in 6 of the 12 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2010 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 4 June 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.09 first-choice applications per place

53 places offered · 58 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.419 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.419 miles

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

54 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
19%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers52%
Hackney average76.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
John Ruskin Primary School and Language ClassesLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding68%
Gainsborough Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood57%
South Bank Community Primary SchoolMiddlesbrough · 215 miles awayRequires improvement30%
Hob Green Primary SchoolStourbridge · 107 miles awayGood39%
Prior Weston Primary School and Children's CentreLondon · under 1 mile awayGood43%
Nightingale Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood61%
Newlands Primary SchoolNormanton · 159 miles awayRequires improvement38%
Our Lady and St Swithin's Catholic Primary SchoolMerseyside · 178 miles awayGood55%
Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision)Kirkby · 179 miles awayNo current grade51%
River View Community Primary SchoolSalford · 163 miles awayGood48%
West Blatchington Primary and Nursery SchoolHove · 47 miles awayExpected standard53%
Dorchester Primary SchoolHull · 155 miles awayExpected standard60%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 30% (Hackney 17%, England 7%) · Black African 15% (Hackney 16%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 10% (Hackney 5%, England 1%) · White British 10% (Hackney 18%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Hackney 8%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 7% (Hackney 7%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Hackney 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Hackney 3%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Hackney 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 1% (Hackney 3%, England 4%) · Not recorded 1% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Hackney 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.14 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hackney: 1.26 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
18.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

58% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 15% moved to another state school · 27% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

82.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.2 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £48,448; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,894
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 62% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 19% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 13% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £779,402; in-year balance -£52,905

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
5/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher61.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways18.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health56.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier33.8%62.3%
Social housing37.1%17.1%
Privately rented29%20.5%
Detached houses0.1%22.9%
Flats91.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9%21.1%
Households with no car or van69.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035643 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£650,0001,520 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£485,000–£970,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (20)£1,962,500
Terraced (155)£1,593,500
Flat (1343)£611,000

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.67 km, 2026 entry): 608 sales, median £588,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
25an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
106an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
21an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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