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St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School

Primary · London · E9 7JF

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Good

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: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 November 2022

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At a glance

140 pupils · 67% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
59.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
30.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
23.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-johnjerusalem.hackney.sch.uk/
URN
100270

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 5 families named it first for 6 Reception places, 0.83 first choices per place. We hold 12 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2010 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 23 November 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.83 first-choice applications per place

6 places offered · 5 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
77%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
10%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
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 school77%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
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 Burns Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood90%
Durham Gilesgate Primary SchoolDurham · 232 miles awayGood50%
Linacre Primary SchoolBootle · 181 miles awayUrgent improvement17%
St Bridget's Catholic Primary SchoolWARRINGTON · 167 miles awayGood70%
Queensway Junior AcademyThetford · 69 miles awayNeeds attention51%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayGood68%
St Lawrence's Church of England Primary SchoolYork · 172 miles awayGood61%
Henderson Green Primary AcademyNorwich · 94 miles awayRequires improvement61%
Newtown Primary SchoolCarlisle · 261 miles awayGood55%
Birkenhead Christ Church CofE Primary SchoolBirkenhead · 179 miles awayGood56%
Tower Bridge Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood59%
St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary SchoolHackney · under 1 mile awayOutstanding82%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 34% (Hackney 16%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 14% (Hackney 5%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 9% (Hackney 7%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 9% (Hackney 3%, England 2%) · Any other White background 9% (Hackney 17%, England 7%) · White British 6% (Hackney 18%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Hackney 6%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Hackney 8%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 4% (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 Chinese 1% (Hackney 1%, England 1%) · White Irish 1% (Hackney 1%, England 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)
6.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
23.7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 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
18.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% 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)

14.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 1 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 £57,761; 37.5% 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£11,034
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 60% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 11% (8%) · supplies and services 21% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 14% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £254,893; in-year balance +£23,315

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher42.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications23.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier20.9%62.3%
Social housing62.6%17.1%
Privately rented15.8%20.5%
Detached houses2.3%22.9%
Flats77%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van61.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001840 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£597,500825 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£445,000–£820,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (15)£1,095,000
Terraced (109)£1,080,000
Flat (697)£555,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
15an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
111an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
18an 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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