Gospel Oak Primary School
Mansfield Road, London, NW3 2JB
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr John Hayes
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 459
- Pupils on roll
- 421
- URN
- 100025
- Local authority
- Camden
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02074857435
About this school
Gospel Oak Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 421 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 60 | 56 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 77% | 68% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 7% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 84% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 88% | 79% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 87% | 88% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 108.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.50 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Gospel Oak Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Camden average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 69% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 71.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 68% | 73.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 452 |
| 2023/24 | 447 |
| 2024/25 | 424 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Gospel Oak Primary School compares
Gospel Oak Primary School ranked 31st of 38 primary schools in Camden for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 68% | 7.2% | 37.2% | 421 | — |
| Fleet Primary School | 70% | 5.3% | 56% | 216 | 0.4 miles |
| Rhyl Community Primary School | 67% | 7.9% | 68.5% | 375 | 0.5 miles |
| Eleanor Palmer Primary School | 93% | 3.5% | 20.4% | 233 | 0.5 miles |
| St Patrick's Catholic Primary School | 69% | 7.4% | 65.2% | 114 | 0.6 miles |
| Kentish Town Church of England Primary School | 70% | 6.4% | 44.3% | 224 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 37.24%
- English as an additional language
- 41%
- Overall absence
- 7.19%
- Persistent absence
- 21.47%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Fleet Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Rhyl Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Eleanor Palmer Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
St Patrick's Catholic Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
-
Kentish Town Church of England Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Gospel Oak Primary School ranks 631st of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
- Abacus Belsize Primary School Primary
- Acton Gardens Primary School Primary
- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
- Addison Primary School Primary
- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
- Akiva School Primary
- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
- Alexander McLeod Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Gospel Oak Primary School teach?
- Gospel Oak Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Gospel Oak Primary School?
- The headteacher of Gospel Oak Primary School is Mr John Hayes, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Gospel Oak Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Gospel Oak Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Gospel Oak Primary School?
- Gospel Oak Primary School has 421 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Gospel Oak Primary School full?
- Gospel Oak Primary School has capacity for 459 pupils and 421 on roll (92%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Gospel Oak Primary School a faith school?
- No. Gospel Oak Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Gospel Oak Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Gospel Oak Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Gospel Oak Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 68% in 2022/23 and 68% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Gospel Oak Primary School rank locally?
- Gospel Oak Primary School ranked 31st of 38 primary schools in Camden for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 61% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 24% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Gospel Oak Primary School's absence rate?
- Gospel Oak Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Gospel Oak Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Gospel Oak Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 6 July 2026.