Mandeville Primary School

About Mandeville Primary School

Mandeville Primary School’s headline metrics put it well ahead of the Hackney average for primary schools. While the local authority average for pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined (RWM) sits at 74%, Mandeville achieves 85% — a solid 11-point gap. That places the school 8th out of 49 primaries in Hackney, comfortably inside the top 10. The school’s overall Ofsted rating is Outstanding, upgraded from Good in its most recent graded inspection in February 2024. Inspectors gave top marks across every category: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision all scored 1 (Outstanding). That’s a clean sweep, and it reflects a school that has clearly raised its game since its previous Good rating in 2013.

Beyond the headline RWM figure, the detail in Mandeville’s KS2 results is impressive. 91% of pupils met the expected standard in maths, and 88% did so in reading. At the higher standard, 62% of pupils achieved above the expected level in reading — a notably strong figure — while 26% did so in maths and 21% in writing. Average scaled scores were 110 in reading and 108 in maths, both comfortably above the national benchmark of 100. Nationally, Mandeville ranks in the top 5% of all primary schools for RWM expected standard, and in London it sits in the top 11%. That’s strong company for a school with 57.3% of pupils eligible for free school meals, a figure well above the national average, suggesting the school is adding significant value regardless of pupil background.

Mandeville is a two-form entry primary with nursery provision for children aged 2 and up, and it is heavily oversubscribed: for 2025/26, there were 117 applications for 40 places, with 39 first-preference offers made — an oversubscription ratio of nearly 3:1. The school’s facilities include a sensory room, music rooms, a sports hall, art studios, a forest school, a library and a dining hall. Sports on offer include football, dance, tennis, rounders, cricket, swimming and athletics, and clubs range from gardening and coding to chess and eco club. SEND provision covers moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. For families in Hackney seeking a high-performing, inclusive primary with strong outcomes across the board, Mandeville is a clear contender — though securing a place will require a first-preference application.

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