Queensbridge Primary School
Queensbridge Road, Haggerston, London, E8 4ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Head Teacher
- Ms Sarah Bailey OBE
- SEN provision
- SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty, VI - Visual Impairment, SLCN - Speech, language and Communication, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder, SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health, MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 398
- URN
- 100235
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02072541186
About this school
Queensbridge Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 398 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Queensbridge Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 47 | 58 | 52 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 68% | 76% | 73% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 9% | 15% |
| Expected standard in reading | 74% | 83% | 83% |
| Expected standard in maths | 83% | 79% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 81% | 76% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.60 | - | - |
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 Queensbridge 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 | Hackney average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 68% | 68.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 76% | 71.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 73% | 72.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 420 |
| 2023/24 | 429 |
| 2024/25 | 424 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Queensbridge Primary School compares
Queensbridge Primary School ranked 31st of 50 primary schools in Hackney for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 73% | 5.4% | 39.2% | 398 | — |
| St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School | 82% | 5% | 65.9% | 185 | 0.3 miles |
| Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School | 72% | 6.5% | 55.3% | 240 | 0.4 miles |
| Sebright School | 75% | 4.6% | 48.1% | 430 | 0.4 miles |
| Gayhurst Community School | 88% | 3.6% | 22.9% | 524 | 0.4 miles |
| Hackney New Primary School | 81% | 4.3% | 34.4% | 344 | 0.5 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 39.21%
- English as an additional language
- 41.7%
- Overall absence
- 5.37%
- Persistent absence
- 13.19%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hackney
-
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Sebright School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Gayhurst Community School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Hackney New Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Queensbridge Primary School ranks 475th 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 ages does Queensbridge Primary School teach?
- Queensbridge Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the executive head teacher of Queensbridge Primary School?
- The executive head teacher of Queensbridge Primary School is Ms Sarah Bailey OBE, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Queensbridge Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Queensbridge 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 many pupils are at Queensbridge Primary School?
- Queensbridge Primary School has 398 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Queensbridge Primary School full?
- Queensbridge Primary School has capacity for 420 pupils and 398 on roll (95%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Queensbridge Primary School a faith school?
- No. Queensbridge Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Queensbridge Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Queensbridge Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Queensbridge Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Queensbridge Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SpLD - Specific Learning Difficulty; VI - Visual Impairment; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder; SEMH - Social, Emotional and Mental Health; MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Queensbridge 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 73% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Queensbridge Primary School compare with other schools in Hackney?
- Queensbridge Primary School ranked 31st of 50 primary schools in Hackney for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 73% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Queensbridge Primary School's absence rate?
- Queensbridge Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Queensbridge Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Queensbridge 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 29 June 2026.