Southwold Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Hackney
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.796 miles
Published by Hackney Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Southwold Primary School is a primary school in Hackney for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 24 April 2025. Hackney has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Southwold Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.796 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.501 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 2.28 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 1.774 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 1.294 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | 1.172 mi |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 0.796 miles away, the 14th shortest of 33 Hackney primary schools with a published last distance (the middle figure was 0.98 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2025 and nearer than in 2020; it has swung sharply between some years.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 30 first-choice applications for 32 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 91% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25 (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Hackney.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hackney schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Detmold Road, Clapton, Hackney, E5 9NL
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hackney
- Pupils on roll
- 341 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 51.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 24 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this welcoming school.”
- “Pupils work hard and take pride in their learning.”
- “They attend school regularly because they have kind friends to play with and know that learning is important.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 9 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 91% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 30 first-preference applications, 32 offers in total, 30 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hackney.
- Harrington Hill Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Northwold Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Millfields Community School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jubilee Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Nightingale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Benthal Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Rushmore Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published