St John and St James CofE Primary School
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B78
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- London, E9 6DX
- Distance
- 0.3km away
The Olive School, Hackney
32 St Johns Church Road, Hackney, London, E9 6EJ
Local ranking32nd of 50 primary schools in Hackney
Ofsted: OutstandingUpdated— score data refreshed 2 August 2026
Primary
Phase
630
Capacity
4-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 7 May 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 87.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 25.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 92.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 94.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 82.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 108.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 105.0
- Cohort Size
- 87
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 624
- Boys
- 298 (48%)
- Girls
- 326 (52%)
- Capacity
- 630 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 48.1%
- EAL
- 51.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.5%
- SEN Support
- 11.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,228/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 8.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Muslim
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- Black African: 28.5%
- Asian Indian: 16.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 13.3%
- Mixed Other: 10.8%
- Other: 10.5%
- White Other: 6.2%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.6%
28.5%
Black African
16.4%
Asian Indian
13.3%
Asian Bangladeshi
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
32 St Johns Church Road
London, London
Administrative
- URN
- 139814
- UKPRN
- 10042317
- Establishment No.
- 2001
- Trust
- STAR ACADEMIES
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