Harrington Hill Primary School
Mount Pleasant Lane, London, E5 9JG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Head of School
- Mrs Rebecca Kennedy
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 203
- URN
- 100256
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088067275
About this school
Harrington Hill Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 203 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
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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- 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 | 29 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 72% | 83% | 66% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 13% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 83% | 76% |
| Expected standard in maths | 79% | 87% | 66% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 80% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 107.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.10 | - | - |
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 Harrington Hill 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 | 72% | 68.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 71.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 66% | 72.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 191 |
| 2023/24 | 186 |
| 2024/25 | 186 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Harrington Hill Primary School compares
Harrington Hill Primary School ranked 43rd of 50 primary schools in Hackney for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% 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 | 66% | 6.4% | 55.1% | 203 | — |
| Southwold Primary School | 91% | 5.6% | 48.5% | 341 | 0.3 miles |
| Jubilee Primary School | 72% | 5.9% | 32.1% | 445 | 0.5 miles |
| Northwold Primary School | 90% | 5.3% | 52% | 316 | 0.5 miles |
| Simon Marks Jewish Primary School | 100% | 10% | 30.4% | 121 | 0.6 miles |
| St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School | 61% | 7.7% | 70.4% | 209 | 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 55.09%
- English as an additional language
- 41.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.42%
- Persistent absence
- 26.71%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Southwold Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Hackney
-
Jubilee Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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Northwold Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
-
St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Harrington Hill Primary School ranks 672nd of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
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- Alderwood Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What year groups does Harrington Hill Primary School teach?
- Harrington Hill Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the head of school of Harrington Hill Primary School?
- The head of school of Harrington Hill Primary School is Mrs Rebecca Kennedy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Harrington Hill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Harrington Hill 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 Harrington Hill Primary School?
- Harrington Hill Primary School has 203 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Harrington Hill Primary School full?
- Harrington Hill Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 203 on roll (85%), 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 Harrington Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Harrington Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Harrington Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Harrington Hill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Harrington Hill Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Harrington Hill Primary School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Harrington Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 72% in 2022/23 and 66% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Harrington Hill Primary School rank locally?
- Harrington Hill Primary School ranked 43rd of 50 primary schools in Hackney for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 55% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Harrington Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Harrington Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Harrington Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Harrington Hill 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.