Lubavitch Boys' Primary School

Lubavitch Boys’ Primary School is a warm, nurturing and happy school where pupils feel safe and well cared for, and parents strongly recommend it. Inspectors found the school performing well across the judged areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Leaders have taken effective action to raise academic standards after low published outcomes last year. Pupils’ work shows growing understanding across many subjects, including for disadvantaged pupils. Strengths include a carefully designed curriculum that builds knowledge from early years to Year 6, effective early reading and phonics, well-targeted SEND support, high attendance and positive behaviour. Pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, trips and leadership opportunities, and safeguarding is effective. The trust provides useful support and staff feel well supported. Two areas need further work. Some subjects are at an earlier stage of curriculum development, so expectations for what pupils should learn and when are not yet secure, and pupils’ knowledge in those subjects is less deep. The school also needs to build a stronger culture of reading for pleasure so more pupils read widely.

Strengths

• Warm and nurturing environment that supports pupils’ well-being.
• Pupils are very happy to attend and parents strongly recommend the school.
• High expectations for pupils’ achievement across a wide range of subjects.
• Effective action has been taken to raise academic standards.
• Curriculum is carefully designed and sequences learning from early years to Year 6.
• Teaching uses well-chosen methods to check learning and fill gaps.
• Early reading and phonics are taught effectively from the start of Reception.
• Well-considered extra help enables pupils who fall behind to catch up quickly.
• Pupils with SEND receive targeted, well-planned support and needs are quickly identified.
• Pupils behave well around the school and in lessons.
• Attendance is high, with swift follow-up and strong family relationships when it drops.
• Personal development is strong, with a wide range of clubs, visits and leadership opportunities.
• Pupils develop a strong understanding of fundamental British values and are prepared for life in modern Britain.
• The trust provides effective support and staff feel well supported.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• A culture of reading for pleasure is not securely established, so some pupils do not read widely.
• Curriculum thinking in some subjects is at an earlier stage, with unclear expectations for content and sequencing.
• Quality assurance in less-developed subjects does not yet securely match the school’s vision.

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 Lubavitch Boys' Primary School attended 96.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.8% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Lubavitch Boys' 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 Lubavitch Boys' Primary School had 18.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.3% 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, 8.8% of pupils at Lubavitch Boys' Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% 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 2024–25 Lubavitch Boys' Primary School received £10,439 and spent £11,375 for each of its 98 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £285,000 (-£2,905 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of The Lubavitch Multi-Academy Trust, income was £10,373 and spending £10,115 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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Lubavitch Boys' Primary School is part of The Lubavitch Multi-Academy Trust, which runs 3 schools. The nearest others:

• Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls) London
• Lubavitch Girls Primary School London

What is Lubavitch Boys' Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Lubavitch Boys' Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2025.

When was Lubavitch Boys' Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Lubavitch Boys' Primary School was last inspected in May 2025.

How many pupils does Lubavitch Boys' Primary School have?

Lubavitch Boys' Primary School has 113 pupils on roll.

What age range does Lubavitch Boys' Primary School cover?

Lubavitch Boys' Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 46% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Lubavitch Boys' Primary School?

Lubavitch Boys' Primary School is at 135 Clapton Common, Hackney, London, E5 9AE.