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St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School

URN
100269
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School
URN
100269
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
3-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Excellent

84 / 100

Excellent

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

100

Inspection

55

Admissions Value

85

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of primary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#16 of 50 schools in Hackney

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: High competition
  • Admissions risk: High risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Higher Risk
  • National comparison: Higher crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 8 alternative schools identified

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  • Competitiveness on published admissions data
  • Demand trends over recent admission cycles
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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
9 May 2023
Inspection date
14 March 2023
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    School remains Outstanding

    Graded 9 May 2023

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

14

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

34

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

14

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.43×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Hackney
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Hackney)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.spsm.hackney.sch.uk/

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Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

91.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

82.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

86.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

82.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

E8 4PB - 57a Brougham Rd, Hackney

Contact details

Address
57a Brougham Rd, Hackney
Postcode
E8 4PB
Phone
2072541927
Website
www.spsm.hackney.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Hackney
Local authority code
204

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 205 schools in Hackney.

Authority statistics

Total schools

205

Open schools

104

Closed schools

101

Primary schools

98

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    9 May 202314 March 2023-School remains OutstandingView report for inspection published 9 May 2023
    • School remains Outstanding

      Published
      9 May 2023
      Inspected
      14 March 2023
      Type
      -
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    41.2%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 14

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    26

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary98 (48.3%)
    • Secondary26 (12.8%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other79 (38.9%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    London Fields Primary School377 mPrimaryOpen
    Sebright School394 mPrimaryOpen
    City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park458 mSecondaryOpen
    Queensbridge Primary School476 mPrimaryOpen
    Laburnum Primary School558 mPrimaryClosed
    The Bridge Academy558 mSecondaryOpen
    Gayhurst Community School577 mPrimaryOpen
    Gayhurst Junior School577 mPrimaryClosed
    Gayhurst Infants' School577 mPrimaryClosed
    The school at Hackney city farm613 mNot applicableClosed
    • London Fields Primary School
      Distance
      377 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Sebright School
      Distance
      394 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
      Distance
      458 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Open
    • Queensbridge Primary School
      Distance
      476 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Hackney)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Amherst Infant SchoolPrimaryE8 1ASClosed
    Amherst Junior SchoolPrimaryE8 1ASClosed
    Amherst Primary SchoolPrimaryE8 1ASClosed
    Avigdor Primary SchoolPrimaryN16 0QJClosed
    Baden-Powell SchoolPrimaryE5 8DNClosed
    • Amherst Infant School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E8 1AS
      Status
      Closed
    • Amherst Junior School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E8 1AS
      Status
      Closed
    • Amherst Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      E8 1AS
      Status
      Closed
    • Avigdor Primary School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      N16 0QJ
      Status
      Closed
    • Baden-Powell School
    Laburnum Primary School
    Distance
    558 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • The Bridge Academy
    Distance
    558 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Gayhurst Community School
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Gayhurst Junior School
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Gayhurst Infants' School
    Distance
    577 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • The school at Hackney city farm
    Distance
    613 m
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    E5 8DN
    Status
    Closed