Rushmore Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Hackney
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.447 miles
Published by Hackney Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2019–2026 (miles)
Rushmore Primary School is a primary school in London, Hackney for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 September 2022. Hackney has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Rushmore 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 | 0.447 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.466 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 8.009 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.257 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.218 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.443 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.204 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.206 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.225 mi |
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 0.447 miles away, the 8th shortest of 33 Hackney primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.98 miles).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and further than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 78 first-choice applications for 59 offers; 58 offers went to first-choice families and 20 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 25% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Elderfield Road, Hackney, London, E5 0LE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Hackney
- Pupils on roll
- 455 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 September 2022
Strengths
- “They enjoy learning and playing with their friends.”
- “Pupils are kind to one another.”
- “The school’s values are important to pupils, and they are keen to embrace everyone’s differences.”
To improve
- “However, this is not fully the case in all subjects.”
- “In some subjects, gaps in pupils’ knowledge are sometimes not picked up.”
- “This limits how well pupils are prepared to grasp new concepts later on.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 November 2022 (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) | 79% | 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: 78 first-preference applications, 59 offers in total, 58 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.
- Millfields Community School 0.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Mandeville Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Daubeney Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- The Olive School, Hackney 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kingsmead Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St John and St James CofE Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Nightingale Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Morningside Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published