Community school · Hackney

Orchard Primary School

3–11Ages
518Pupils
PrimaryPhase
100234URN

Holcroft Road, Hackney, London, E9 7BB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Nov 2025

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.4per place

0.4 below Hackney median (2.8)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Hackney

103 applications for 43 places · 30th of 43 in Hackney

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

87%met the expected standard

Hackney 78% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Report card · inspected 18 November 2025Published 28 January 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
Area	Exceptional	Strong standard
Inclusion		Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching		Strong standard
Achievement		Strong standard
Attendance and behaviour		Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing		Strong standard
Early years		Strong standard
Post-16 provision	Does not apply to this school
Leadership and governance		Strong standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

18 November 2025
Report card · 7 Strong standard
17 November 2021
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.4applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Hackney median (2.8) 0.2 above England median (2.2)

103 applications · 43 places offered · 41 named it first

2026 2.4; Hackney median median 2.8
2025 3.1; Hackney median median 2.7
2024 2.7; Hackney median median 2.8
2023 2.7; Hackney median median 2.9
2022 2.4; Hackney median median 2.6
2021 2.7; Hackney median median 3.0
2020 2.8; Hackney median median 2.8
2019 2.7; Hackney median median 3.0
2018 3.2; Hackney median median 3.0
2017 3.5; Hackney median median 3.0
2016 3.6; Hackney median median 3.0
2015 4.1; Hackney median median 3.2
2014 3.6; Hackney median median 3.1

This school
Hackney median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	43	103	2.4	41	0.95
Sep 2025	48	149	3.1	46	0.96
Sep 2024	54	147	2.7	49	0.91
Sep 2023	62	169	2.7	59	0.95
Sep 2022	88	214	2.4	74	0.84
Sep 2021	90	247	2.7	91	1.01
Sep 2020	90	252	2.8	81	0.90
Sep 2019	90	243	2.7	77	0.86
Sep 2018	90	286	3.2	107	1.19
Sep 2017	89	312	3.5	97	1.09
Sep 2016	89	323	3.6	111	1.25
Sep 2015	87	353	4.1	94	1.08
Sep 2014	85	309	3.6	96	1.13

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 93% · Writing 88% · Maths 92% → all three 87% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard87%7th of 50 in Hackney

Hackney 78% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard93%

Hackney 85% England 78%

Higher standard40%

Hackney 40% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard88%

Hackney 82% England 75%

Greater depth29%

Hackney 25% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard92%

Hackney 81% England 77%

Higher standard44%

Hackney 29% England 24%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Hackney median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	87%	23%	109	109
2023/24	84%	20%	109	109
2022/23	69%	17%	106	107

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Orchard Primary SchoolThis school
This school

2025

2.4applications per place 87%met the SATs standard
St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School
0.1 km · Hackney

Good2022

3.2applications per place 77%met the SATs standard
Lauriston School
0.5 km · Hackney

Good2023

3.1applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Morningside Primary School
0.6 km · Hackney

Remains Outstanding2023

3.2applications per place 70%met the SATs standard
Berger Primary School
0.6 km · Hackney

Standards maintained2025

1.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St John and St James CofE Primary School
0.8 km · Hackney

Outstanding2024

2.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
London Fields Primary School
0.9 km · Hackney

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.5applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Mowlem Primary School
0.9 km · Tower Hamlets

Remains Outstanding2024

1.8applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School
0.9 km · Tower Hamlets

Remains Good2022

1.9applications per place

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 100234 · 204/2450
Capacity: 630 pupils · 518 on roll
Free school meals: 61.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: Holcroft Road, Hackney, London, E9 7BB
Local authority: Hackney

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources