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Sinai Jewish Primary School, Harrow

Good
Primary
Voluntary aided school
Mixed
Jewish
Ages 3–11

Sinai Jewish Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Harrow. It has a Jewish religious character. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in January 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 6th-highest of the 28 schools in Harrow with published results, and 1,154th of 14,452 across England. It was 96% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Ofsted
Good (2015)
Demand
Oversubscribed
Attendance
Better than England average
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Brent (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

Sinai Jewish Primary School in detail

Sinai Jewish Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "Sinai School is a warm, caring and nurturing school with high academic standards and high expectations underpinned by the principles of a strong love of Judaism and Israel."

From the headteacher's welcome: "We are Europe's largest Jewish primary school and we pride ourselves in being forward thinking educators, always striving for the best for each and every one of our pupils. We are extremely proud of our students, our best ambassadors, who are polite and caring children and motivated to strive for the best."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, drama and chess.

Coming up: an open evening on Tuesday 3 November 2026 and an open evening on Wednesday 4 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

All school open days in Brent

Vision and values (school website)Headteacher's welcome (school website)Clubs (school website)Open days on the school's site (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Sinai Jewish Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 90% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 80% and 80% in Brent and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 80% in reading and 91% in maths in 2024.

Getting a place at Sinai Jewish Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 87 families put Sinai Jewish Primary School as their first choice and 202 named it as one of their preferences, for 89 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

Admissions history and your chances at Sinai Jewish Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to Sinai Jewish Primary School are Kingsbury Green Primary School (0.6 miles, Good, 78% reading, 80% maths); St Robert Southwell Catholic Primary School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 82% maths); Uxendon Manor Primary School (0.7 miles, Good, 92% reading, 94% maths); and St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School (0.7 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 96% maths).

Sinai Jewish Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

Kingsbury Green Primary SchoolSt Robert Southwell Catholic Primary SchoolUxendon Manor Primary SchoolSt Bernadette's Catholic Primary School

What parents say

264 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Sinai Jewish Primary School (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 97% say their child is happy there and 62% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (98%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (62%).

Who goes there

2.9% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

Staffing

Sinai Jewish Primary School had 43 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

Getting there

The nearest Underground station is Kingsbury Underground Station, about 600 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Jewish Free School (->e), 300 metres away.

The area around the school

In August 2026, police recorded 260 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 Brent (744).

Suspensions and exclusions

In 2024/25, Sinai Jewish Primary School issued 7 suspensions, 1.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to Sinai Jewish Primary School are JFS (0.1 miles), Claremont High School (0.6 miles), Kingsbury High School (0.8 miles) and Ark Academy (1 mile).

JFSClaremont High SchoolKingsbury High SchoolArk Academy

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; DfE school workforce census; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Juliette Lipshaw
Pupils:658
LA:Brent
Phone:02082041550
Address:Shakespeare Drive, Kenton, Harrow, HA3 9UD
Status:open

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago

This judgement is from January 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.

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Overall

Outstanding

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Outstanding

Leadership & Management

Outstanding

Early Years

Inspected 19 November 2024View full report
URN:101549
UKPRN:10073750
Diocese:Not applicable
Constituency:Brent West
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

This school excels at creating a caring, nurturing environment where every child is encouraged to be the best they can. Teachers have exceptional subject knowledge and use expert teaching to help pupils develop deep understanding across all areas of learning. The school places strong emphasis on reading from Reception onwards, resulting in fluent, enthusiastic readers who love books.

Key Strengths

  • Expert teaching with strong subject knowledge helps pupils develop deep understanding and specialist vocabulary
  • Ambitious, well-designed curriculum builds on prior learning from early years onwards
  • Excellent focus on reading with well-trained staff and strong phonics support, resulting in pupils achieving highly
  • Pupils with SEND receive tailored support and make strong progress with access to the same curriculum
  • Exemplary pupil behaviour and attitudes, with high attendance because pupils want to be in school every day

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective with staff creating an open and positive culture that puts pupils' interests first.

Extracurricular Activities

Sports competitions, choir performances, school assemblies, visits to museums, farms, sporting arenas and local countryside, therapy dogs, reading buddies programme, school council with democratic voting

Sinai Jewish Primary School is an outstanding nurturing school where pupils grow and thrive with warm relationships between staff and pupils. Pupils show curiosity in their learning and achieve extremely well academically, personally, and socially.

At a Glance

2.9%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

264 responses
Would recommend96%
Child is happy97%
Child does well96%
High expectations96%
Feels safe98%
Well behaved95%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)62%
Kept informed94%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)91%
Wider development91%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
Reading+13ppMaths-1ppWriting+6pp

Reading has improved from 80% to 93% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 90% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 89% to 95% (2024 to 2025).

Class Sizes

28.7

Avg class size

26.9

Infant (KS1)

29.8

KS2

18

Total classes

2 classes with more than 30 pupils

2025/26 academic year

How Does This School Compare?

Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools

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Keep up with Sinai Jewish Primary School

Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Sinai Jewish Primary School.

  • Kumon Kingsbury Study Centre660m away · Not yet graded

Term dates

Sinai Jewish Primary School is a voluntary aided school, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Brent's term dates for its community schools.

Getting There

Tube / Metro / Tram

Kingsbury Underground Station
602m · 10 min walk
Kingsbury Station
642m · 10 min walk
Preston Road Underground Station
1.2km · 20 min walk

Bus Stops

Jewish Free School (->E)
296m · 5 min walk
The Garth (Stop S)
324m · 5 min walk
Lyndsey Park (Stop H)
372m · 6 min walk
Magnolia Court (->W)
469m · 8 min walk
Kingsbury Circle /The Mall (Stop E)
501m · 8 min walk

Free school transport

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You apply to the council where you live. Sinai Jewish Primary School is in Brent; for families living there:

Apply to Brent for free school transport. Its policy is on the council's website.

Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
18
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Children hurt
1

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 16 slight.

1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt.

2 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 Brent is 61.5 (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.

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Your chances of a place at Sinai Jewish Primary School

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  • How many families in Brent got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

96%

Near capacity

591 pupils

618 places

27 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - Harrow

Low pressure
New homes approved:2,451
Projected new pupils:613

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Harrow

Across Brent council

Low demand council-wide0.79 applications per place

Places available

3,953

Applications

3,128

Got 1st preference

88.5%

Got preferred school

98.8%

All primary applications across Brent council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Oversubscribed

Inspection History(8)

19 November 2024
Quality of EducationOutstanding
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementOutstanding
Early YearsOutstanding
23 January 2019
20 January 2015
Leadership & ManagementGood

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

97

SEN Support

25

EHC Plans

18.5%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Social, Emotional & Mental Health35
Speech, Language & Communication16
Specific Learning Difficulty11
Autistic Spectrum Disorder10
Other8
Moderate Learning Difficulty4
Hearing Impairment3
Multi-Sensory Impairment3
Physical Disability2
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
83.1%
Asian
0.2%
Black
0.2%
Mixed
5.4%
Other
0.8%
Unclassified
0.3%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals2.9%
English as Additional Language14.6%

658

Total Pupils

328

Boys

330

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

43

Teachers

15.3:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£53,938

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£5,310

Per pupil

£3278k

Total funding

£35k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£56,794
EAL funding£19,529
Lump sum£171,964

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

3.3%

Overall absence

4.8%

Persistent absence

516

Enrolments

Authorised2.7%
Unauthorised0.6%
Persistent (10%+)4.8%
Severe (50%+)0.0%

Absence trend

3.4%
18/19
3.1%
20/21
5.9%
21/22
4.9%
22/23
3.9%
23/24
3.3%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about Sinai Jewish Primary School

What are SATs results like at Sinai Jewish Primary School?

Of the pupils at Sinai Jewish Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 93% reached the expected standard in reading and 90% did so in maths.

What is Sinai Jewish Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Sinai Jewish Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in January 2015, it was rated Good.

How close to Sinai Jewish Primary School do you need to live?

Brent published for September 2026 entry that the last place offered at Sinai Jewish Primary School under its "Siblings Of Pupils Attending With A Completed And Valid Crp 2" criterion went to a family 11877 metres away. This is the authority's own figure for one year, not a fixed boundary - the cut-off moves with the number of applications, so treat it as a guide rather than a guarantee.

Is it hard to get a place at Sinai Jewish Primary School?

Sinai Jewish Primary School was close to full in 2025, at 96% of its capacity.

How big are the classes at Sinai Jewish Primary School?

Classes at Sinai Jewish Primary School average 28.7 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.

How many pupils go to Sinai Jewish Primary School?

Sinai Jewish Primary School has around 658 pupils on roll. 3% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at Sinai Jewish Primary School?

3.3% of sessions were missed at Sinai Jewish Primary School in 2024/25. 4.8% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to Sinai Jewish Primary School?

Apply through Brent's coordinated admissions process, naming Sinai Jewish 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 Sinai Jewish Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists an out-of-school club within a kilometre of Sinai Jewish Primary School: Kumon Kingsbury Study Centre (660m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near Sinai Jewish Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 18 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 2 serious and 16 slight. 1 child aged 0 to 15 was hurt. 2 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 Brent is 61.5 (the median across 102 schools, same distance and years).

Where is Sinai Jewish Primary School?

Sinai Jewish Primary School is at Shakespeare Drive, Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 9UD.

Sources: Brent admissions booklet; Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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