Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School
Pepys Road, London, SE14 5SF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Miss Emily Gyimah
- Sponsor
- The Haberdashers' Livery Company
- Constituency
- Lewisham North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 410
- URN
- 139672
- Local authority
- Lewisham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02076529532
About this school
Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School is a primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 410 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Haberdashers' Hatcham Free 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
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. 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 | 58 | 58 | 60 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 90% | 90% | 90% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 34% | 28% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 91% | 92% |
| Expected standard in maths | 93% | 95% | 92% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 86% | 81% | 85% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 110.0 | 110.0 | 110.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +4.00 | - | - |
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 Haberdashers' Hatcham Free 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 | Lewisham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 90% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 90% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 90% | 64.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 3.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 3.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 413 |
| 2023/24 | 417 |
| 2024/25 | 419 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School compares
Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School ranked 1st of 67 primary schools in Lewisham 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 94% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 90% | 3.4% | 7.9% | 410 | — |
| John Stainer Community Primary School | 61% | 4.5% | 22% | 400 | 0.3 miles |
| Edmund Waller Primary School | 72% | 3.9% | 13.4% | 434 | 0.3 miles |
| Hollydale Primary School | 59% | 6.3% | 44.2% | 155 | 0.4 miles |
| St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School | 83% | 3.4% | 39.7% | 151 | 0.5 miles |
| Ivydale Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 20.2% | 463 | 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)
- 7.88%
- English as an additional language
- 10.3%
- Overall absence
- 3.42%
- Persistent absence
- 5.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
John Stainer Community Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Edmund Waller Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Hollydale Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
St James's Hatcham Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Ivydale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School ranks 65th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What ages does Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School teach?
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School?
- The headteacher of Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School is Miss Emily Gyimah, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Haberdashers' Hatcham Free 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 Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School?
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School has 410 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School full?
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School has capacity for 420 pupils and 410 on roll (98%), 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 Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School a faith school?
- No. Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School has no designated religious character.
- Does Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School as having no nursery classes.
- Is Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School part of an academy trust?
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School is part of HABERDASHERS' ASKE'S FEDERATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 90% 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 Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School compare with other schools in Lewisham?
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School ranked 1st of 67 primary schools in Lewisham 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 94% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School's absence rate?
- Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School's overall absence rate is 3.4% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Haberdashers' Hatcham Free School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Haberdashers' Hatcham Free 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 1 July 2026.