Woodberry Down Community Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · London, Hackney
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.795 miles
Published by Hackney Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Woodberry Down Community Primary School is a primary school in London, Hackney for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Hackney has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Woodberry Down Community 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 | 2.795 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 2.906 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 2.862 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 3.191 mi |
| Reception 2022 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | 1.699 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.263 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.436 mi |
| 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
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 2.795 miles away, the 9th longest of 33 Hackney primary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2019, having swung sharply between some years.
- In 2026, Reception had 54 first-choice applications for 64 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 55.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 26.4% across 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
- Woodberry Grove, Finsbury Park, London, N4 1SY
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Hackney
- Pupils on roll
- 661 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 55.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Woodberry Down readily demonstrate the school’s values of collaboration, creativity, focus, kindness and responsibility.”
- “There is a strong sense of community.”
- “Pupils are confident, articulate and well-behaved.”
To improve
- “In these areas, teaching and assessment does not consistently focus on the most important ideas pupils need to learn.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not develop as secure body of knowledge in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 February 2024 (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) | 72% | 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: 54 first-preference applications, 64 offers in total, 54 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.
- Holmleigh Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Parkwood Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Grazebrook Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lubavitch Girls Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Lubavitch Boys' Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- William Patten Primary School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Simon Marks Jewish Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Betty Layward Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published