Lubavitch Boys' Primary School

About Lubavitch Boys' Primary School

Lubavitch Boys' Primary School is a small state primary in Hackney, London, with a distinct Orthodox Jewish character and a single-sex intake for boys aged 5 to 11. It sits within a competitive local primary landscape where the top-performing peers include Simon Marks Jewish Primary School, Southwold Primary School, and Grazebrook Primary School. The school currently ranks 49th out of 49 primary schools in the local authority, placing it in the bottom 50 nationally for its key stage 2 performance metric. Despite this ranking, the school has shown clear improvement in its most recent Ofsted inspection. After being rated Requires Improvement in 2022, it was judged Good across all assessed areas in March 2025, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. The school is led by headteacher Jonathan Kohn and has a small roll of 98 pupils against a capacity of 210, meaning there is significant room for growth.

Academically, the school's key stage 2 results for the 2023/24 academic year show a mixed picture. Only 33% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, well below the Hackney local authority average of 74%. In individual subjects, 57% reached the expected standard in reading, 52% in writing, and 48% in maths. A small proportion achieved the higher standard: 19% in reading, 10% in maths, and none in writing or the combined measure. Average scaled scores were 100 in reading and 98 in maths. Progress measures are not available for any of the three core subjects, so it is difficult to assess how much value the school adds relative to pupils' starting points. The school's overall ranking score of 33 reflects these outcomes, and it sits in the bottom 50 nationally for its combined expected standard metric. Parents, however, report very high levels of satisfaction, with 97% of respondents saying they would recommend the school.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including music rooms, an ICT suite, art studios, a library, a sensory room, a gymnasium, and playing fields. Sports provision includes swimming, tennis, netball, and athletics, while extracurricular clubs cover drama, gardening, choir, eco club, book club, and chess. The school identifies several SEND provisions, including support for specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, and social and emotional mental health needs. For the 2025/26 admissions cycle, the school offered 16 places and received exactly 16 applications, all of which were first preferences, meaning it was not oversubscribed. This makes it a realistic option for families seeking a faith-based boys' primary with a strong community feel and a recent Ofsted upgrade, though academic outcomes are currently below the local average. The school does not have a nursery or sixth form provision.

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