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St Monica's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · N1 6QN

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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 9 February 2022

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At a glance

172 pupils · 72% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
37.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
67% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
13.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.stmonicasprimaryhackney.co.uk/
URN
150550

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 13 Reception places, 0.85 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 9 February 2022 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.85 first-choice applications per place

13 places offered · 11 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
13%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers66.5%
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
St Chad's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyManchester · 164 miles awayExpected standard71%
Viking Primary SchoolNortholt · 13 miles awayGood64%
Edale Rise Primary & Nursery SchoolNottingham · 108 miles awayGood62%
Wilberforce PrimaryLondon · 5 miles awayGood85%
Christ Church Bentinck CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayOutstanding78%
Donnington Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood64%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 246 miles awayGood69%
Southwood SchoolMilton Keynes · 46 miles awayGood69%
Petts Hill Primary SchoolNortholt · 12 miles awayGood61%
Longsight Community PrimaryManchester · 160 miles awayNo current grade52%
St Wilfrid's RC Primary SchoolHulme · 162 miles awayGood92%
Scunthorpe CofE Primary SchoolScunthorpe · 145 miles awayGood45%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 62% (Hackney 16%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 9% (Hackney 5%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 5% (Hackney 3%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 4% (Hackney 7%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Hackney 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · White British 3% (Hackney 18%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hackney 8%, England 3%) · Any other White background 2% (Hackney 17%, England 7%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Hackney 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hackney 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Hackney 1%, England 0%) · White Traveller of Irish heritage 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)
5.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

6.09 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

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
33.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

59% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 31% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

0% of teachers took sickness absence, 0 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 £64,743; 33.3% 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 (2024-25)

This school£11,995
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve -£477,000; in-year balance -£197,000

Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

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 higher45.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work36.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.3%18.1%
Residents in very good health51.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier15.4%62.3%
Social housing61.8%17.1%
Privately rented22.4%20.5%
Detached houses0.2%22.9%
Flats96.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms3.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van72.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01001780 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£600,0001,020 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£455,000–£860,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (60)£1,137,500
Flat (959)£583,000

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
52an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
404an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
81an 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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