St John and St James CofE Primary School

HackneyVoluntary aided school

Isabella Road, Hackney, London, E9 6DX

Headteacher: Miss Grace GladstoneSchool website ↗Pupils: 223 (capacity: 240)
Ofsted Outstanding
Inspected May 2024
69%
Reading, Writing & Maths
Outstanding
Inspected May 2024
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 8 May 2024Full report ↗

Outstanding

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Rated Outstanding across all inspected areas — Quality of Teaching, Behaviour, Pupils' Development and Leadership.

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
69.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
14.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 83%·Writing 90%·Maths 69%All three 69%
Reading
Expected83%
Exceeding38%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected90%
Exceeding38%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected69%
Exceeding17%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
28
How many families wanted this school first?
25
How many got their first choice?
25of 25 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
76

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
66.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
34.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
7.0%
Boys and girls
56%girls·44%boys
125 girls, 98 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↓ Peaked at 100% (2017/18), currently 69%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1655.0%7.0%+1.2+5.3-0.9
2016/1783.0%7.0%-0.6+1.1-3.0
2017/18100.0%34.0%+3.9+1.5+1.8
2018/1969.0%13.0%-2.6+0.6-2.2
2022/2373.0%7.0%+0.9+3.2+2.0
2023/2480.0%10.0%---
2024/2569.0%14.0%---
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