The Jenny Hammond Primary School, London
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 4 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
The Jenny Hammond Primary School excels at creating a welcoming, positive learning environment where children are enthusiastic about their education. The school has invested in strong leadership and professional development for teachers, resulting in continuous improvement in teaching quality. The school demonstrates particular strength in supporting disadvantaged pupils through targeted intervention programmes that make a real difference to their progress.
Key Strengths
- Strong leadership team with effective assistant headteachers who have increased the school's capacity to improve
- Pupils are enthusiastic, confident learners who work well together and try their best
- Good progress being made in most subjects, with teaching quality continuing to improve
- Excellent support for disadvantaged pupils, particularly in Year 6, through intervention programmes
- Governors are knowledgeable and provide both strong support and challenge to leaders
Areas for Improvement
- Teachers need to better match work difficulty to individual pupils - tasks are sometimes too easy for the most able or too difficult for the least able
- Leaders of early years provision need to improve their tracking and analysis of children's progress, particularly for different groups like boys
- Teachers sometimes fail to notice when pupils lose interest during lessons
- Mathematics teaching skills need further development across the school
Safeguarding
Safeguarding is effective with detailed, high-quality records, comprehensive staff training, swift action on concerns, and strong partnerships with external agencies.
The Jenny Hammond Primary School continues to be a good school with strong leadership that has maintained educational quality since 2012. The school has a highly positive climate for learning with enthusiastic pupils and high expectations for behaviour and outcomes.
At a Glance
20.9%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has remained stable at around 96%. Maths has improved from 84% to 98%. Writing has remained stable at around 85%.
Class Sizes
27.1
Avg class size
29.8
Infant (KS1)
25.1
KS2
14
Total classes
1 class with more than 30 pupils
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
92%
Near capacity
388 pupils
420 capacity
32 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - London
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Admissions Demand - Waltham Forest
Places available
3,688
Applications
3,129
Got 1st preference
90.2%
Got preferred school
98.7%
Primary admissions across Waltham Forest (2025/26)
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Pupil Absence2024/25
4.61044%
Overall absence
10.38576%
Persistent absence
337
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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