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St John and St James CofE Primary School

Hackney, E9 6DXPrimaryAges 3–11MixedState
Ofsted Rating
Outstanding
May 2024
KS2 Results
80%
meeting expected standard in RWM
Competition
0.9×
Not oversubscribed
25 1st-choice / 28 places
Ranking
🏆Top 25%
#1531 of 13,686 nationally

About St John and St James CofE Primary School

St John and St James CofE Primary School in Hackney received an Outstanding rating across every category in its most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, a clean sweep that includes quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management. The school has held this top grade consistently since at least its previous inspection in 2013. On the most revealing exam metric for a primary school, 80% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined at Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year. That is comfortably above the Hackney local authority average of 74% for the same measure, placing the school 18th out of 49 primary schools in the borough and within the top 25% nationally. The school’s ranking score of 80 reflects strong core performance, though it sits behind local peers Simon Marks Jewish Primary School, Southwold Primary School and Grazebrook Primary School, which occupy the top three spots in Hackney.

Key Details

School TypePrimary (State)
Age Range3 to 11 years
GenderMixed
Religious CharacterChurch of England
AddressIsabella Road, London, Hackney, E9 6DX
HeadteacherGrace Gladstone
Local AuthorityHackney
Number of Pupils223
Free School Meals (FSM)38.9%
School Capacity223 / 240 (93% full)
Nursery ClassesYes

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Ofsted Inspection Breakdown

8 May 2024
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Overall Effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of Education
Outstanding
Behaviour & Attitudes
Outstanding
Personal Development
Outstanding
Leadership & Management
Outstanding
Early Years Provision
Outstanding

Source: Ofsted, 12 Jun 2024. Ratings: 1=Outstanding, 2=Good, 3=Requires Improvement, 4=Inadequate.

SEND Support

AutismDyslexiaMental HealthSpeech & LanguageHearingPhysicalLearning Difficulty

Source: Department for Education, 2024/25. Support availability based on current student population.

School day

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Teaching hours

08:55 – 15:30

Source: johnjames.hackney.sch.uk. Extracted automatically — confirm with the school before relying on these times.

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St John and St James CofE Primary School has been rated "Outstanding" by Ofsted. This means the school provides an exceptional quality of education, and pupils thrive both academically and personally.