Rushmore Primary School

Rushmore Primary School continues to be a good school, providing a supportive and engaging environment for its pupils. Students enjoy learning and participate actively in their schooling, reflecting the school's strong emphasis on kindness and inclusivity. The leadership team is dedicated to ensuring that all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), receive the necessary support to succeed in their learning. The school also offers a broad curriculum, with opportunities for students to engage in diverse subjects and extracurricular activities, such as caring for school chickens and participating in leadership roles. Despite strong performance, there are areas for improvement, particularly in ensuring that teachers consistently identify and address knowledge gaps in foundation subjects. This oversight can hinder some pupils’ ability to grasp new concepts. The school faces the ongoing challenge of adapting its teaching strategies, particularly in light of the recent disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the school's commitment to safeguarding and the well-being of its students remains a top priority.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and have positive attitudes towards school.
• Leaders ensure a broad curriculum that includes subjects like Spanish from Year 1.
• Teachers receive regular training and present information clearly in lessons.
• Strong focus on reading, with effective phonics instruction and support.
• Pupils exhibit good behaviour and are well-prepared to settle into routines.
• Effective relationships between staff and students contribute to a supportive learning environment.
• Leaders address the needs of pupils with SEND, providing appropriate adaptations and one-to-one support.

Areas for Improvement

• In some foundation subjects, gaps in pupils' knowledge are not consistently identified or addressed.

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 Rushmore Primary School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.0% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Rushmore 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 Rushmore Primary School had 21.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.9% 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, 19.3% of pupils at Rushmore Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Rushmore Primary School received £9,253 and spent £9,107 for each of its 454 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £152,000 (£335 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 Rushmore Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Rushmore Primary School is Good, from an inspection in November 2022.

When was Rushmore Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Rushmore Primary School was last inspected in November 2022.

How many pupils does Rushmore Primary School have?

Rushmore Primary School has 455 pupils on roll.

What age range does Rushmore Primary School cover?

Rushmore Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

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

Where is Rushmore Primary School?

Rushmore Primary School is at Elderfield Road, Hackney, London, E5 0LE.