Shacklewell Primary School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Hackney
Shacklewell Row, London, E8 2EA
63
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
78%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
95.5%
10.0% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
461
Capacity used
Nearly full96%
482 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
78%
1st preference success rate
42 of 54 families who put it first got an offer
60
Places offered
185
Total applications
3.1
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 54 | 42 | ● 78% |
| 2nd preference | 39 | 13 | ● 33% |
| 3rd preference | 28 | 3 | ● 11% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 64 | 2 | ● 3% |
| Total | 185 | 60 | 32% |
1st preference success by year
Hackney lets families list 6 preferences. 10 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Nicole Reid (Executive Headteacher)
- Address
- Shacklewell Row, Hackney, London, E8 2EA
- Phone
- 02072541415
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Ward / constituency
- Shacklewell · Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 100241
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 35% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 37% | — | — |
| SEN support | 15% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 5 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
461 pupils · 482 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
02 April 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 359 pupils
Attendance
95.5%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.5%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
10.0%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.4%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 63% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 19% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 72% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 16% | 8% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.