Southwold Primary School
Primary schoolSouthwold Primary School is a primary school in Hackney, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 341 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Outstanding (overall), October 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 October 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 24 April 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 91% of pupils at Southwold Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 76% in Hackney and 62% in England.
32% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Hackney | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 91% | 76% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 32% | 17% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 113 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 111 | 106 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Leaways SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file110 m
- Ohr EmesIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file420 m
- Harrington Hill Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)430 m
- Beis Trana Girls' SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file530 m
- Al-Falah Primary SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file690 m
- Tayyibah Girls' SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file690 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Hackney
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).