Northwold Primary School
Northwold Road, Clapton, London, E5 8RN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- ARBOR ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Maureen Okoye
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- ARBOR Academy Trust
- Constituency
- Hackney North and Stoke Newington
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 470
- Pupils on roll
- 316
- URN
- 141576
- Local authority
- Hackney
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02088066352
About this school
Northwold Primary School is a primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 2 to 11 and has 316 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 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 | 51 | 43 | 42 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 88% | 90% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 12% | 28% | 31% |
| Expected standard in reading | 73% | 93% | 90% |
| Expected standard in maths | 78% | 88% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 91% | 95% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 110.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 108.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.90 | - | - |
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 Northwold 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 | 65% | 68.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 88% | 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 | 5.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 345 |
| 2023/24 | 321 |
| 2024/25 | 308 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Northwold Primary School compares
Northwold Primary School ranked 4th 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 54% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 90% | 5.3% | 52% | 316 | — |
| St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School | 61% | 7.7% | 70.4% | 209 | 0.3 miles |
| Jubilee Primary School | 72% | 5.9% | 32.1% | 445 | 0.3 miles |
| Benthal Primary School | 77% | 13.6% | 61.3% | 252 | 0.3 miles |
| Simon Marks Jewish Primary School | 100% | 10% | 30.4% | 121 | 0.3 miles |
| Southwold Primary School | 91% | 5.6% | 48.5% | 341 | 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)
- 52.01%
- English as an additional language
- 63.6%
- Overall absence
- 5.29%
- Persistent absence
- 12.96%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Jubilee Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Benthal Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
Southwold Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Hackney
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Northwold Primary School ranks 63rd of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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Common questions
- What year groups does Northwold Primary School teach?
- Northwold Primary School teaches children aged 2 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Northwold Primary School?
- The headteacher of Northwold Primary School is Maureen Okoye, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Northwold Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Northwold 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 Northwold Primary School?
- Northwold Primary School has 316 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 2 to 11.
- Is Northwold Primary School full?
- Northwold Primary School has capacity for 470 pupils and 316 on roll (67%), 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 Northwold Primary School a faith school?
- No. Northwold Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Northwold Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Northwold Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Northwold Primary School?
- Northwold Primary School is part of ARBOR ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Northwold Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 65% 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 Northwold Primary School rank locally?
- Northwold Primary School ranked 4th 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 54% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Northwold Primary School's absence rate?
- Northwold Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Northwold Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Northwold 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 1 July 2026.