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St Matthias Church of England Primary School

Primary · London · N16 8DD

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 28 June 2023

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At a glance

191 pupils · 80% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
67.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
46.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
26.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
URN
100267

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 14 families named it first for 17 Reception places, 0.82 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2010 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 28 June 2023 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. 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

0.82 first-choice applications per place

17 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · usually has places

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
80%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school80%
Median of its 12 closest peers64%
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
Christ Church CE AcademyHuddersfield · 163 miles awayNeeds attention48%
Thomas Fairchild Community SchoolLondon · 1 miles awayGood79%
Durham Gilesgate Primary SchoolDurham · 231 miles awayGood50%
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolBrighton · 51 miles awayGood33%
St Mark's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayNo current grade75%
Fishwick Primary SchoolPreston · 187 miles awayRequires improvement53%
St Luke's CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood59%
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayOutstanding82%
Broadwood Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 246 miles awayGood39%
St Patrick's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood69%
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayGood72%
Barlow Hall Primary SchoolManchester · 159 miles awayNo current grade77%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 24% (Hackney 16%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 22% (Hackney 7%, England 1%) · Any other White background 11% (Hackney 17%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Hackney 6%, England 3%) · White British 7% (Hackney 18%, England 60%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Hackney 3%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 5% (Hackney 5%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 5% (Hackney 8%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (Hackney 3%, England 4%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Hackney 5%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 0%

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)
22.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.88 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
21.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 7% moved to another state school

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)

55.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.5 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 £51,774; 22.2% 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

Inspection history since 2015

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work31.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health47.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier25.1%62.3%
Social housing61.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.7%20.5%
Detached houses1.3%22.9%
Flats90%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms6.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van65%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001740 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£625,0001,398 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£480,000–£885,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£1,350,000
Semi-detached (22)£1,107,500
Terraced (301)£1,326,000
Flat (1070)£565,000

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

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
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
23an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
186an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
35an 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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