St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School
Ballance Road, London, E9 5SR
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Voluntary aided school
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sandra Brierley
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Westminster
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hackney South and Shoreditch
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 445
- Pupils on roll
- 194
- URN
- 133669
- Local authority
- Hackney
About this school
St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School was a Roman Catholic voluntary aided primary school in London. It taught children aged 5 to 11 and had 194 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in September 2002, 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 | 48 | 44 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 73% | 66% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 7% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 79% | 77% | 70% |
| Expected standard in maths | 85% | 75% | 73% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 88% | 86% | 77% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.60 | - | - |
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 St. Dominic's Catholic 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 | 73% | 68.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 66% | 71.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 72.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 274 |
| 2023/24 | 240 |
| 2024/25 | 194 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 43% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 28% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 61% | 6.8% | 57.5% | 194 | — |
| Berger Primary School | 69% | 4.9% | 55.8% | 414 | 0.3 miles |
| Daubeney Primary School | 83% | 4.7% | 48.2% | 382 | 0.5 miles |
| Gainsborough Primary School | 57% | 10.9% | 65.2% | 308 | 0.5 miles |
| Morningside Primary School | 70% | 6.8% | 61.8% | 428 | 0.5 miles |
| St John and St James CofE Primary School | 69% | 3.2% | 40.8% | 218 | 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)
- 57.53%
- English as an additional language
- 45.4%
- Overall absence
- 6.77%
- Persistent absence
- 20.79%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Berger Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Daubeney Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Gainsborough Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Morningside Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
St John and St James CofE Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
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- Albion Primary School Primary
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- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What ages does St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School teach?
- St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School taught children aged 5 to 11. It was a primary school in London.
- Has St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected St. Dominic's Catholic Primary 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 St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School?
- St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School had 194 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 5 to 11.
- How have St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 73% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are St. Dominic's Catholic Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, St. Dominic's Catholic 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 10 October 2025.