Holmleigh Primary School

About Holmleigh Primary School

Holmleigh Primary School in Hackney was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2025, a change from its previous Outstanding rating in 2015. The inspection judged every category as Good, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. On the key academic metric for primary schools, 75% of Holmleigh’s Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined in the 2023/24 academic year. That is just one percentage point above the Hackney local authority average of 74%, placing the school 24th out of 49 primaries in the borough. While the school’s combined score is solidly in line with local norms, the breakdown shows particular strength in reading, where 92% of pupils reached the expected standard and 33% achieved a higher score. Maths and writing expected rates were 79% and 83% respectively.

Holmleigh’s reading average scaled score of 107 and maths average of 105 both sit comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. However, only 4% of pupils reached the higher standard across all three subjects, which is a relatively low figure. Nationally, the school ranks in the 19th percentile for its combined expected standard, meaning roughly four in five primary schools nationally achieve a higher proportion of pupils meeting that threshold. The school has no progress scores published for reading, writing or maths, so it is not possible to see how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. In Hackney, 21 of the 51 primary schools hold an Outstanding rating, so Holmleigh’s Good grade places it in the middle tier of a high-performing borough. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Grazebrook Primary School, 0.7 km away.

Holmleigh is a mixed, non-religious state primary for children aged 3 to 11, with nursery provision on site. It is significantly undersubscribed relative to capacity: the school has space for 420 pupils but currently only 224 on roll. For the 2025/26 intake, the school received 60 applications for 27 places and was oversubscribed, with 16 first-preference offers made. The oversubscription ratio was 2.22 applicants per place. Facilities include playing fields, a library, gymnasium, art studios, ICT suite and a chapel. The school offers a range of sports including football, cricket, netball, swimming, athletics and dance, plus clubs such as book club, chess, art club, science club, coding and film club. SEND provisions cover social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication, and autistic spectrum disorder. Parent View responses from 39 families were overwhelmingly positive: 95% would recommend the school, and 95% strongly agreed their child is happy there.

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