Hartley Primary School

Hartley Primary School has shown improvement since its previous inspection and is now rated as good in all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The school fosters a supportive and inclusive environment where pupils are encouraged to engage in various activities, helping them to feel valued and motivated. While the curriculum has been ambitiously developed, there are some subjects where the essential knowledge for pupils has not been clearly identified, impacting their ability to build a deep understanding of those subjects over time.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate a strong sense of pride and belonging in the school community.
• Staff maintain high expectations for all pupils, which motivates them to succeed.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-planned for early years and most subjects.
• Strong subject knowledge among teachers supports effective learning.
• Pupils actively engage in a range of extracurricular activities, enhancing their development.
• Safeguarding procedures are effective and prioritize pupil well-being.
• The governing body and leadership team work closely for continual improvement.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, leaders do not identify key knowledge effectively, affecting pupils’ learning.
• Some pupils with complex needs do not receive adequate support due to staff expertise gaps.

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 Hartley Primary School attended 91.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 30.4% 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 Hartley 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 Hartley Primary School had 18.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 30.8% 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, 13.7% of pupils at Hartley Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.0% 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 Hartley Primary School received £9,228 and spent £9,581 for each of its 587 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £95,000 (£162 per pupil).

Across all 13 schools of Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust, income was £11,402 and spending £11,631 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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Hartley Primary School is part of Learning in Harmony Multi Academy Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Connaught Special School London
• Upton Cross Primary School London
• Sheringham Primary School London
• John F Kennedy Special School London
• Drew Primary School London
• Whitefield School London
• Joseph Clarke School London
• Edwards Hall Primary School Leigh-On-Sea
• Blenheim Primary School Leigh-On-Sea
• Barons Court Primary School and Nursery Westcliff-On-Sea

What is Hartley Primary School's Ofsted rating?

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

When was Hartley Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hartley Primary School was last inspected in December 2022.

How many pupils does Hartley Primary School have?

Hartley Primary School has 502 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hartley Primary School cover?

Hartley Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hartley Primary School?

Hartley Primary School is at Hartley Avenue, East Ham, London, E6 1NT.