Springfield Community Primary School, London

From the headteacher's welcome: "Springfield Community Primary School sits quietly in a residential corner of Stamford Hill - easy to walk past unless you already know it’s here. Many families tell us that discovering Springfield feels like being let in on a secret: a high-performing, deeply inclusive school where children are calm, joyful and immersed in ambitious learning every day."

In 2025, 71% of Year 6 pupils at Springfield Community Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 81% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 84% and 82% in Hackney and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 57% in reading and 74% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 30 families put Springfield Community Primary School as their first choice and 69 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 5 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Springfield Community Primary School are Crowland Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 54% reading, 58% maths); Lubavitch Boys' Primary School (0.4 miles, Inadequate, 69% reading, 69% maths); St Ignatius Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles); and St Ignatius RC Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 59% reading, 59% maths).

Springfield Community Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 3 of them.

41.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 65.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (23%), Mixed (13%) and other ethnic groups (11%).

In 2026, 58 pupils (26.9%) received SEN support and 10 (4.6%) 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.

Springfield Community Primary School had 12 teachers in 2026, one for every 16 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is South Tottenham Rail Station, about 650 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

3 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Grovelands Road South Tottenham (->n), 130 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Springfield Community Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Springfield Community Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to Springfield Community Primary School are Gladesmore Community School (0.2 miles), Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School (0.3 miles) and All Saints Catholic High School (0.5 miles).