Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School

Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School has been rated as good overall, with specific strengths in the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school fosters a nurturing environment where pupils are happy, safe, and encouraged to express their opinions. There is a strong commitment to ensuring that pupils learn respect for differences and contribute to the school community through various roles. With a recent curriculum overhaul, pupils are expected to achieve ambitious standards across a full range of subjects, while the school's effective approach to reading supports early literacy in both Hebrew and English. However, challenges remain in ensuring that all pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, receive the tailored support they need to succeed. In some cases, the assessment does not identify gaps in knowledge before progressing in the curriculum, and new policies on behaviour management have not been consistently implemented. Addressing these areas is crucial for the school to maintain high standards and ensure every pupil achieves their full potential.

Strengths

• Nurturing and supportive learning environment
• High ambitions for pupil achievement
• Strong curriculum design with clear sequencing
• Effective early reading support in Hebrew and English
• Positive behavior management and culture
• Active engagement of older pupils in responsibilities
• Well-designed personal, social, and health education program

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent use of assessment to check understanding
• Tasks not consistently adapted for SEND and challenged learners
• New behaviour policy not fully embedded

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 Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School attended 96.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.7% 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, 1.1% of pupils at Etz Chaim Jewish 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 Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School had 18.4 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.2% 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, 6.3% of pupils at Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 1.7% 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 2024–25 Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School received £9,011 and spent £8,739 for each of its 176 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £48,000 (-£273 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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What is Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School have?

Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School has 175 pupils on roll.

What age range does Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School cover?

Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 88% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School?

Etz Chaim Jewish Primary School is at 20 Daws Lane, London, NW7 4SL.