London Fields Primary School

London Fields Primary School is a warm, inclusive and high-achieving local authority-maintained primary. Inspectors found pupils happy, safe and exceptionally well behaved, with outstanding personal development and early years provision. The curriculum is ambitious and well sequenced, reading and phonics are prioritised, pupils with SEND are included well and achieve, and governance provides strong challenge. Safeguarding is effective. Because the school was previously exempt as outstanding and had not had a routine section 5 inspection since 2015, this was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic; under current arrangements no overall effectiveness grade was awarded, though quality of education and leadership and management were judged good. The main area for improvement is assessment in a few subjects. Checks on what pupils know and remember are not as routine as elsewhere, so gaps and misconceptions are not always identified and addressed, and some pupils' knowledge is not secured as intended. Apart from this, the report is strongly positive, highlighting exemplary attitudes, a broad range of experiences and clubs, and effective support for attendance.

Strengths

• Warm, inclusive and nurturing environment where pupils feel happy and safe
• Exemplary behaviour and attitudes in classrooms and around the school
• Outstanding personal development with a wide range of enriching experiences and clubs
• Ambitious, well-sequenced curriculum with clear knowledge building
• Exceptionally strong early years provision with skilful staff interactions and a language focus
• Rigorous phonics and reading teaching that helps pupils become fluent readers quickly
• Strong inclusion and achievement for pupils with SEND
• Effective safeguarding arrangements
• Robust attendance measures and highly effective governor challenge

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, assessment does not routinely identify and address gaps or misconceptions
• Some pupils' knowledge and recall are not secured in those subjects

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at London Fields Primary School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.6% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.9% of pupils at London Fields Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 London Fields Primary School had 17.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 21.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.2% of pupils at London Fields Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 London Fields Primary School received £10,145 and spent £9,666 for each of its 405 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £92,000 (£228 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is London Fields Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for London Fields Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was London Fields Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

London Fields Primary School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does London Fields Primary School have?

London Fields Primary School has 407 pupils on roll.

What age range does London Fields Primary School cover?

London Fields Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are London Fields Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 79% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is London Fields Primary School?

London Fields Primary School is at Westgate Street, Hackney, London, E8 3RL.