Lubavitch Girls Primary School

About Lubavitch Girls Primary School

Lubavitch Girls Primary School is a small Jewish state primary in Hackney, London, serving 103 girls aged 4 to 11. It sits within a competitive local landscape: among the 51 primary schools in the borough, it ranks 35th, placing it in the bottom half of Hackney’s primaries. The top-performing peers nearby are Simon Marks Jewish Primary School, Southwold Primary School, and Grazebrook Primary School, all of which score higher on the same ranking metric. The nearest school rated Outstanding by Ofsted is Springfield Community Primary School, just 0.8 km away. Lubavitch itself holds a Good rating from its most recent inspection in December 2023, a grade it has maintained since at least 2013. The school is heavily oversubscribed for 2025/26: it received 12 applications for just 9 places, with 8 of those coming as first preferences, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.33.

Academically, the school’s Key Stage 2 results for 2023/24 show a mixed picture. In reading, 92% of pupils met the expected standard and 38% reached a higher standard, both well above the national averages. Writing was also strong, with 85% meeting expectations and 31% achieving higher. Maths was weaker: 77% met the expected standard and just 8% reached the higher standard, with an average scaled score of 102. The combined reading, writing and maths expected standard was 69%, which is below the Hackney local authority average of 74%. This places Lubavitch 34th out of 49 Hackney primaries on this metric, and in the 32nd percentile nationally. The school’s early years provision was rated Requires Improvement in the 2023 inspection, though the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management were all judged Good.

The school offers a broad range of facilities including a library, playing fields, art studios, an ICT suite, a sensory room, a gymnasium, and a chapel. Sports on offer include football, cricket, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, tennis, and cross country, while clubs extend to gardening, coding, chess, choir, and drama. SEND provisions cover specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and other difficulties or disabilities. With a capacity of 195 but only 103 pupils on roll, there is physical space, yet the school is oversubscribed, suggesting strong demand among families seeking a Jewish girls’ primary in Hackney. It will particularly suit families who value a faith-based, single-sex environment and are comfortable with a school that performs solidly in reading and writing but has room for improvement in maths and early years.

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