Gayhurst Community School

About Gayhurst Community School

Gayhurst Community School in Hackney is a state primary that is clearly in high demand. With 535 pupils on roll against a capacity of 570, the school is operating very close to full, and its admission data for 2025/26 tells a striking story: 224 families applied for just 60 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 3.73. Of those, 97 put Gayhurst as their first preference, and only 59 first-preference offers were made. That level of competition suggests a school that local parents are actively targeting. The pupil body is notably diverse in economic terms: 21.2% of children are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average for primary schools (around 23% nationally, though Hackney as a borough tends to sit higher than the national figure). So while the school is oversubscribed and academically strong, it is not a socially exclusive intake — it draws from a broad cross-section of the local community.

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