Oldhill Community School
Oldhill Street, London, N16 6LR
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Harrington Hill Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Jacquline Benjamin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 162
- URN
- 100244
- Local authority
- Hackney
About this school
Oldhill Community School was a community primary school in London. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 162 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Oldhill Community School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in January 1900, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 44 | 36 | 37 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 75% | 67% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 9% | 11% | 8% |
| Expected standard in reading | 82% | 78% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 78% | 65% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 78% | 68% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 Oldhill Community 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 | 75% | 68.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 71.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 72.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 290 |
| 2023/24 | 256 |
| 2024/25 | 162 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Oldhill Community School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 6.4% | 63.8% | 162 | — |
| Jubilee Primary School | 72% | 5.9% | 32.1% | 445 | 0.2 miles |
| Simon Marks Jewish Primary School | 100% | 10% | 30.4% | 121 | 0.3 miles |
| Lubavitch Boys' Primary School | 46% | 3.8% | 9.2% | 113 | 0.3 miles |
| Lubavitch Girls Primary School | 80% | 6.9% | 10.8% | 101 | 0.4 miles |
| Northwold Primary School | 90% | 5.3% | 52% | 316 | 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)
- 63.75%
- English as an additional language
- 43.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.43%
- Persistent absence
- 21.78%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Jubilee Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
-
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Lubavitch Boys' Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Lubavitch Girls Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Northwold Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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- 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 Oldhill Community School teach?
- Oldhill Community School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in London.
- Has Oldhill Community School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Oldhill Community School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Oldhill Community School?
- Oldhill Community School had 162 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Oldhill Community School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 75% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Oldhill Community School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Oldhill Community 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 10 October 2025.