Gayhurst Community School

General Information

Address: Gayhurst Road, Hackney, London, E8 3EN
Phone: 02072546138
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Ms Louise Nichols
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Number of pupils: 524
School capacity: 570
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 116
% eligible for free school meals: 22.1%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

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Attendance

Overall absence: 3.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.6%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 20.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 3.8%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 43 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 22 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 13 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 9 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
Hearing impairment: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Outstanding 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Ranked #1 of 40 Ofsted Rating schools of this type in the area

#1Gayhurst Community SchoolOutstanding
#2Grazebrook Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Kingsmead Primary SchoolOutstanding

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

#1Gayhurst Community SchoolOutstanding
#2Grazebrook Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Kingsmead Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Mandeville Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Morningside Primary SchoolOutstanding
#6Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Queensbridge Primary SchoolOutstanding
#8Shoreditch Park Primary SchoolOutstanding
#9Southwold Primary SchoolOutstanding
#10Springfield Community Primary SchoolOutstanding
#11St John and St James CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#12St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary SchoolOutstanding
#13St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary SchoolOutstanding
#14William Patten Primary SchoolOutstanding
#15Benthal Primary SchoolGood
#16Betty Layward Primary SchoolGood
#17Daubeney Primary SchoolGood
#18Gainsborough Primary SchoolGood
#19Grasmere Primary SchoolGood
#20Halley House SchoolGood
#21Harrington Hill Primary SchoolGood
#22Holy Trinity Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#23Jubilee Primary SchoolGood
#24Lauriston SchoolGood
#25Lubavitch Girls Primary SchoolGood
#26Millfields Community SchoolGood
#27Mossbourne Parkside AcademyGood
#28Nightingale Primary SchoolGood
#29Northwold Primary SchoolGood
#30Orchard Primary SchoolGood
#31Parkwood Primary SchoolGood
#32Princess May Primary SchoolGood
#33Rushmore Primary SchoolGood
#34Simon Marks Jewish Primary SchoolGood
#35St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#36St Matthias Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#37St Monica's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#38St Scholastica's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#39Thomas Fairchild Community SchoolGood
#40Woodberry Down Community Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

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