Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary

Haberdashers’ Hatcham Primary School, which opened in September 2019 and has not been inspected before under section 5 of the Education Act 2005, has received a good rating overall. The school demonstrates notable strengths in pupil behavior and personal development, achieving an outstanding rating in these areas. The curriculum is well thought out and ambitious, successfully teaching key values and providing excellent support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). However, while the quality of education is recognized as good, there are specific areas, particularly in phonics instruction for struggling readers, that require attention.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit exemplary behavior and are actively engaged in their learning.
• The curriculum effectively instills key values such as kindness, integrity, and equality.
• Excellent support is provided for pupils with SEND to access the curriculum.
• Teachers are subject experts and use effective questioning techniques.
• The school promotes personal development through various community projects.

Areas for Improvement

• Support for weaker readers does not sufficiently focus on phonics to enhance decoding and blending skills.
• Some reading materials for weaker readers are not fully decodable, limiting their phonics application.

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 Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 9.2% 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, 0.2% of pupils at Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary 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 Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.8% 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, 18.7% of pupils at Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.3% 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 2024–25 Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary received £8,383 and spent £8,495 for each of its 399 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £299,000 (£751 per pupil).

Across all 9 schools of Haberdashers' Aske'S Federation Trust, income was £9,296 and spending £8,942 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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Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary is part of Haberdashers' Aske'S Federation Trust, which runs 9 schools. The nearest others:

• Haberdashers' Hatcham College London
• Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School London
• Haberdashers' Borough Academy London
• Haberdashers' Knights Primary Bromley
• Haberdashers' Knights Academy Bromley
• Haberdashers' Crayford Academy Dartford
• Haberdashers' Slade Green Primary Erith
• Haberdashers' Crayford Primary Dartford

What is Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary last inspected by Ofsted?

Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary have?

Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary has 395 pupils on roll.

What age range does Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary cover?

Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary?

Haberdashers' Hatcham Primary is at Hunsdon Road, London, SE14 5RD.