Grasmere Primary School
92 Albion Road, London, N16 9PD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Interim Headteacher
- Ms Karen Pedro
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 220
- URN
- 100252
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02072544564
About this school
Grasmere Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 220 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
- Strong 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 | 28 | 24 | 21 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 67% | 90% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 25% | 17% | 19% |
| Expected standard in reading | 96% | 71% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 89% | 71% | 90% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 100% | 58% | 86% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110.0 | 103.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +2.00 | - | - |
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 Grasmere 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 | 79% | 68.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 67% | 71.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 90% | 72.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 206 |
| 2023/24 | 203 |
| 2024/25 | 211 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Grasmere Primary School compares
Grasmere Primary School ranked 5th of 50 primary schools in Hackney for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 90% | 4.3% | 18.7% | 220 | — |
| Betty Layward Primary School | 81% | 5% | 15.6% | 450 | 0.2 miles |
| St Matthias Church of England Primary School | 80% | 6.7% | 67.6% | 191 | 0.2 miles |
| Newington Green Primary School | 72% | 7.1% | 62.3% | 478 | 0.3 miles |
| Princess May Primary School | 70% | 7.4% | 48.7% | 198 | 0.3 miles |
| Shacklewell Primary School | 72% | 4.5% | 35.4% | 461 | 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 18.72%
- English as an additional language
- 26.5%
- Overall absence
- 4.25%
- Persistent absence
- 10%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Betty Layward Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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St Matthias Church of England Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
-
Newington Green Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Princess May Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Shacklewell Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Grasmere Primary School ranks 70th 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 Grasmere Primary School teach?
- Grasmere Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the interim headteacher of Grasmere Primary School?
- The interim headteacher of Grasmere Primary School is Ms Karen Pedro, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Grasmere Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Grasmere 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 Grasmere Primary School?
- Grasmere Primary School has 220 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Grasmere Primary School full?
- Grasmere Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 220 on roll (93%), 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 Grasmere Primary School a faith school?
- No. Grasmere Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Grasmere Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Grasmere Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Grasmere Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 79% in 2022/23 and 90% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Grasmere Primary School rank locally?
- Grasmere Primary School ranked 5th of 50 primary schools in Hackney for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 97% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Grasmere Primary School's absence rate?
- Grasmere Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Grasmere Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Grasmere 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 15 July 2026.