The Olive School, Hackney

Hackney · E9 6EJ

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 629 pupils, 54.1% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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The Olive School, Hackney

General Information

Address: 32 St Johns Church Road, Hackney, London, E9 6EJ – View on map
Phone: 02076837436
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Babar Mirza
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 78 families put it first for 85 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 41 of the 85 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 12 · 2024 13 · 2025 11 · 2026 9
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Muslim
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

629 pupils out of 630 places At or near capacity

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 340
% eligible for free school meals: 54.1%
Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (similar to the Hackney average)
English as an additional language: 51% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 16.1% a year (Hackney 21.1%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 46% moved to another school, 54% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Awaiting Data

About this Behaviour status

We've asked this school for real behaviour figures under Freedom of Information and haven't had a response yet.

Across Hackney: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Hackney, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 4.4%
Persistently absent pupils: 8.8%
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.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.8%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.6%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 54 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 22 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 32 pupils
Vision impairment: 1 pupil
Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 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

No overall grade given 2025 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted stopped giving single overall grades for a period between September 2024 and November 2025 - this school's most recent inspection falls in that window, so there's no single rating to show, even though it was inspected. The full report (linked below) still has the detail.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 87% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 25% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 10 percentage points above the Hackney average (78%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 84% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 84%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 92% · Writing 92% · Maths 94% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
Average test scores: reading 108, maths 108
Based on: 87 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolHackney averageEngland↗ Improving Up 9 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was 10 percentage points above the Hackney average (78%).

Year 6 SATs: joint 7th of 50 junior and primary schools in the area

#6Gayhurst Community School88%
=7Orchard Primary School87%
=7The Olive School, Hackney87%
#9Mossbourne Parkside Academy86%
=10Grazebrook Primary School85%

Click to see the full ranking

Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Simon Marks Jewish Primary School100%
#2Mossbourne Riverside Academy92%
#3Southwold Primary School91%
=4Grasmere Primary School90%
=4Northwold Primary School90%
#6Gayhurst Community School88%
=7Orchard Primary School87%
=7The Olive School, Hackney87%
#9Mossbourne Parkside Academy86%
=10Grazebrook Primary School85%
=10Kingsmead Primary School85%
#12Hoxton Garden Primary84%
=13Daubeney Primary School83%
=13St Monica's Catholic Primary School83%
=13William Patten Primary School83%
=16St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School82%
=16St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School82%
=18Betty Layward Primary School81%
=18Hackney New Primary School81%
=20Lubavitch Girls Primary School80%
=20St Matthias Church of England Primary School80%
=22London Fields Primary School79%
=22Rushmore Primary School79%
=22Thomas Fairchild Community School79%
=25Halley House School78%
=25Mandeville Primary School78%
=27Benthal Primary School77%
=27St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School77%
=29Lauriston School75%
=29Sebright School75%
#31Queensbridge Primary School73%
=32Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School72%
=32Jubilee Primary School72%
=32Shacklewell Primary School72%
=32Woodberry Down Community Primary School72%
#36Springfield Community Primary School71%
=37Morningside Primary School70%
=37Princess May Primary School70%
=39Berger Primary School69%
=39Millfields Community School69%
=39St John and St James CofE Primary School69%
#42Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School68%
#43Harrington Hill Primary School66%
#44Shoreditch Park Primary School63%
=45Nightingale Primary School61%
=45St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School61%
#47Parkwood Primary School59%
#48Gainsborough Primary School57%
#49Holmleigh Primary School52%
#50Lubavitch Boys' Primary School46%

View full Ofsted inspection report

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,228 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

33rd of 37 primary schools in Hackney for spending per pupil

#31Hackney New Primary School£8,427
#32Betty Layward Primary School£8,420
#33The Olive School, Hackney£8,228
#34Mossbourne Parkside Academy£8,124
#35Lubavitch Boys' Primary School£7,643

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School£12,469
#2Harrington Hill Primary School£12,202
#3Simon Marks Jewish Primary School£12,183
#4St Monica's Catholic Primary School£11,995
#5Daubeney Primary School£11,159
#6Shoreditch Park Primary School£11,002
#7St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School£10,949
#8Halley House School£10,933
#9Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School£10,812
#10Benthal Primary School£10,754
#11Parkwood Primary School£10,358
#12Queensbridge Primary School£10,010
#13Berger Primary School£9,880
#14Kingsmead Primary School£9,803
#15Millfields Community School£9,576
#16Sebright School£9,524
#17Grasmere Primary School£9,405
#18Holmleigh Primary School£9,398
#19St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School£9,385
#20Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School£9,266
#21London Fields Primary School£9,226
#22Nightingale Primary School£9,138
#23Orchard Primary School£9,136
#24Rushmore Primary School£8,969
#25Jubilee Primary School£8,821
#26Princess May Primary School£8,792
#27Grazebrook Primary School£8,777
#28William Patten Primary School£8,757
#29Lauriston School£8,618
#30Northwold Primary School£8,535
#31Hackney New Primary School£8,427
#32Betty Layward Primary School£8,420
#33The Olive School, Hackney£8,228
#34Mossbourne Parkside Academy£8,124
#35Lubavitch Boys' Primary School£7,643
#36Mossbourne Riverside Academy£6,719
#37Lubavitch Girls Primary School£6,427

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