Southwold Primary School

State-Funded School

southwold-primary-school-hackney-london

LondonRegion

HackneyLocal Authority

Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonConstituency

E5 9NLPostcode

9.9

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Southwold Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Hackney, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 341 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Quality ofeducation

Outstanding

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 91%
Higher standard: 24%
Reading score: 110
Maths score: 109

Ethnicity

White

27%

Asian

14%

Black

30%

Mixed

21%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

341

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

52%

England average

27%

First language not English

45%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 341
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 24 April 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
27 Nov 2019	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.