Hitherfield Primary School, London
Hitherfield Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in London. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in April 2013. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in October 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 811th-highest of the 959 schools in London with published results, and 9,396th of 14,452 across England. It was 88% full in 2025.
- SATs results
- In line with England
- Ofsted
- Good (2013)
- Demand
- Oversubscribed
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Lambeth (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Hitherfield Primary School in detail
Hitherfield Primary School in its own words
The school runs after-school care.
Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 75% of Year 6 pupils at Hitherfield Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 80% in Lambeth and 77% and 75% across England.
Results fell from 89% in reading and 76% in maths in 2024.
Getting a place at Hitherfield Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 92 families put Hitherfield Primary School as their first choice and 296 named it as one of their preferences, for 90 places offered. That is slightly more first choices than places. 15 families who put it first were not offered a place there.
Admissions history and your chances at Hitherfield Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Hitherfield Primary School are Streatham Wells Primary (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 97% reading, 97% maths); Fenstanton Primary School (0.4 miles, Requires improvement, 80% reading, 83% maths); Julian's School (0.5 miles, Good, 79% reading, 78% maths); and Sunnyhill Primary School (0.5 miles, Good, 69% reading, 61% maths).
Hitherfield Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.
Streatham Wells PrimaryFenstanton Primary SchoolJulian's SchoolSunnyhill Primary School
What parents say
169 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Hitherfield Primary School (as of September 2025): 98% would recommend the school, 99% say their child is happy there and 88% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (99%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (88%).
Who goes there
In 2026, 126 pupils (20%) received SEN support and 18 (2.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Tulse Hill Station, about 790 metres away (roughly a 10-minute walk).
5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Palace Road (SW2) (->s), 340 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 802 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Lambeth (1302).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Hitherfield Primary School issued 1 suspension, 0.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Hitherfield Primary School are Dunraven School (0.3 miles), City Heights E-ACT Academy (0.4 miles), The Elmgreen School (0.5 miles) and Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School (0.8 miles).
Dunraven SchoolCity Heights E-ACT AcademyThe Elmgreen SchoolBishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from April 2013, 13 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted's report, in its own words
What is it like to attend this school?
Hitherfield Primary School is a welcoming, inclusive environment where pupils are safe and happy. Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the school. Leaders make significant efforts to work with the community. Staff are nurturing and build positive relationships by getting to know pupils and their families well. As a result, pupils thrive.
The school has high expectations of pupils' achievement. Classrooms are calm and purposeful places to learn. Pupils rise to these high expectations and achieve well. Pupils understand the importance of the school values, such as determination, creativity, risk taking and collaboration, demonstrating a real thirst for learning.
What does the school do well and what does it need to do better?
The school has designed a broad and ambitious curriculum. Leaders have thought carefully about how to organise the curriculum in a logical order. In all subjects, they have clearly identified the knowledge that pupils need to learn and when. Leaders have built in opportunities for pupils to revisit and embed knowledge to help them remember what they have learned in the long term.
Teachers have a very secure knowledge of the subjects they teach. They typically choose activities that support pupils to learn essential knowledge. Teachers identify and address pupils' misconceptions as they arise. In some subjects, such as in English and mathematics, leaders carefully check what pupils know and can do. However, in a few subjects, this is done less consistently. As a result, adaptations to the curriculum that would help some pupils secure their understanding more effectively are not made swiftly enough. Pupils with SEND are well supported throughout the school. Classrooms are inclusive spaces and pupils are very respectful and understanding of each other's needs.
From Ofsted's October 2024 ungraded inspection report: the opening paragraphs of each section, quoted word for word. Read the full report Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Ofsted Insights
Ofsted rated this school Good at its April 2013 inspection - up from Requires Improvement.
Rated Outstanding for
Leadership & management.
At a Glance
21.0%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
169 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 89% to 75% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 76% to 70% (2024 to 2025). Writing has declined from 78% to 70% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
27.4
Avg class size
28.6
Infant (KS1)
26.0
KS2
23
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
Social & online
Keep up with Hitherfield Primary School
Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Hitherfield Primary School.
- R3 Voyage Kids Club LTDAt the school · Not yet graded
- Friends on the hill limited490m away · Not yet graded
- Risen Star After School Club690m away · Not yet graded
- School Friend Clubs @ Julians Streatham780m away · Not yet graded
- Moving Matters Holiday Camp820m away · Not yet graded
- School Friend Clubs @ Julians West Norwood880m away · Not yet graded
Getting There
Train Stations
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Hitherfield Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Hitherfield Primary School is in Lambeth; for families living there:
- Lambeth's school travel policy: Home to school transport policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 57
- Fatal
- 1
- Serious
- 6
- Children hurt
- 6
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 57 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 6 serious and 50 slight.
6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
20 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Lambeth is 142.5 (the median across 102 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
Your chances of a place at Hitherfield Primary School
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
88%
Available places
556 pupils
630 places
74 spare places in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - London
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for London
Across Lambeth council
Places available
2,650
Applications
2,122
Got 1st preference
80.6%
Got preferred school
96.5%
All primary applications across Lambeth council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Oversubscribed
Inspection History(7)
Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good, but Ofsted raised concerns; its next inspection will be a full graded one.
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
126
SEN Support
18
EHC Plans
22.9%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
630
Total Pupils
299
Boys
331
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
33
Teachers
19.1:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£62,757
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£6,806
Per pupil
£4185k
Total funding
£186k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.4%
Overall absence
9.0%
Persistent absence
498
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Questions parents ask about Hitherfield Primary School
What are SATs results like at Hitherfield Primary School?
Of the pupils at Hitherfield Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 75% reached the expected standard in reading and 70% did so in maths.
What is Hitherfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Hitherfield Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in October 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in April 2013, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Hitherfield Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Hitherfield Primary School is oversubscribed, Lambeth allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Hitherfield Primary School?
Hitherfield Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 88% of its 630 places.
How big are the classes at Hitherfield Primary School?
Classes at Hitherfield Primary School average 27.4 pupils (2025/26). 1 class has more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Hitherfield Primary School?
Hitherfield Primary School has around 630 pupils on roll. 21% are eligible for free school meals.
What is attendance like at Hitherfield Primary School?
4.4% of sessions were missed at Hitherfield Primary School in 2024/25. 9% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Hitherfield Primary School?
Apply through Lambeth's coordinated admissions process, naming Hitherfield Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Hitherfield Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club at the school: R3 Voyage Kids Club LTD (registered, not yet graded). There are 5 more within a kilometre. The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Hitherfield Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 57 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: 1 fatal, 6 serious and 50 slight. 6 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 5 on foot and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 20 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Lambeth is 142.5 (the median across 102 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Hitherfield Primary School?
Hitherfield Primary School is at Leigham Vale, Streatham, London, SW16 2JQ.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)