St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School

About St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School

Parents at St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School are overwhelmingly positive about their children's experience. In the most recent Parent View survey, covering September 2024 to September 2025, 88% of respondents said they would recommend the school to other parents. The feedback on specific areas is striking: 92% of parents strongly agreed or agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 88% felt the same about their child feeling safe. High expectations are clearly communicated, with 92% of parents agreeing the school has high expectations for their child, and 88% saying their child does well. The school is popular locally, too. For the 2025/26 intake, St Scholastica's received 28 applications for just 16 places, giving an oversubscription ratio of 1.75. All 16 first-preference applicants were offered a place, meaning the school is oversubscribed but still accessible to families who put it first.

Academically, St Scholastica's performs broadly in line with the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, just below the Hackney average of 74%. The school's ranking within the borough for this metric is 30th out of 49 primary schools, placing it in the top 50% locally. Looking at individual subjects, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading and in maths, while 71% did so in writing. A higher proportion of pupils achieved the higher standard in reading (43%) than in maths (32%) or writing (25%). Average scaled scores were 106 in both reading and maths. The school's most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2025 rated it Good across all areas, including quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision. This continues a pattern of Good ratings stretching back to at least 2011.

St Scholastica's is a Roman Catholic primary school in Hackney, with a nursery provision for children aged three and above. The school has a range of facilities including an ICT suite, forest school area, sports hall, sensory room, gymnasium, playing fields, art studios, and a chapel. It offers clubs such as coding, book club, choir, art club and film club, plus sports including swimming, cricket, netball and athletics. The school's SEND provision covers moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, physical disability, and autistic spectrum disorder. With 185 pupils on roll against a capacity of 236, the school has some room to grow. A high proportion of pupils (67.9%) are eligible for free school meals, reflecting the diverse intake. For Catholic families in Hackney, or those who value a faith-based education with strong parent satisfaction, St Scholastica's is a solid choice that balances academic expectations with a supportive community feel.

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