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Avigdor Hirsch Torah Temimah Primary School

Primary · London · NW2 6RJ

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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 13 June 2023

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At a glance

199 pupils · 98% of 204 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Boys
Religious character
Jewish
Free school meals
2.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
27.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.torahtemimah.wordpress.com/
URN
131916

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 26 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 1.04 first choices per place. We hold 7 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. Ofsted last graded it Good on 13 June 2023, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.4% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.04 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 26 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.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Cutoff by admission criterion (2026 entry)

Orthodox Jew
13469.44 m (≈8.37 mi)
Orthodox Jew And Sibling
9166.13 m (≈5.70 mi)

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
69%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school69%
Median of its 12 closest peers77%
Brent average69.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
Menorah Primary School for GirlsLondon · 2 miles awayOutstanding90%
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School PontefractPontefract · 154 miles awayGood77%
St Osmund's Catholic Primary School, SalisburySalisbury · 76 miles awayGood77%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolGloucester · 87 miles awayGood83%
All Souls' Catholic Primary SchoolCoventry · 81 miles awayGood65%
Shalom Noam Primary SchoolEdgware · 3 miles awayGood74%
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolManchester · 160 miles awayOutstanding71%
St Mary's CofE (Aided) Primary SchoolHorsham · 35 miles awayGood (2019)67%
St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolLondon · 15 miles awayStrong standard81%
English Martyrs' Catholic Voluntary AcademyNottingham · 103 miles awayExpected standard81%
Menorah Primary School for BoysLondon · 2 miles awayNot yet graded91%
St Paulinus Church of England Primary SchoolDartford · 19 miles awayGood67%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 84% (Brent 9%, England 60%) · Any other White background 13% (Brent 16%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Brent 5%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Brent 1%, 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)
5.4%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.04 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Brent: 1.25 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
25.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

83% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% moved to another state school · 10% 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)

72.7% of teachers took sickness absence, 10.2 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 £53,518; 18.2% 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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,995
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 73% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 6% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 2% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £286; in-year balance -£142

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher40.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications22.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work26.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways22%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.4%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.8%62.3%
Social housing23.6%17.1%
Privately rented32.6%20.5%
Detached houses11.1%22.9%
Flats38.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms22.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van37.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000503 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£625,000334 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£420,000–£857,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (9)£1,200,000
Semi-detached (89)£845,500
Terraced (92)£772,500
Flat (144)£416,500

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
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
1an 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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