School Chooser

Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedChurch of England208 pupilsLondonCamden
School Chooser Score
97
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 92 to 99
Out of 100. Better than 85% of the 50 schools most like it. Slipping year on year.
OfstedGoodLast Ofsted inspection, June 2023
Reached the expected level at 1185%England 63%
Attendance96.0%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families7%Far fewer than most schools
Places2 spare208 pupils, 210 places
Pupils per teacher25.9School workforce census

Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School is a Church of England school (voluntary aided) in London for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 208 pupils and room for 210. About 7 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. We give it 97 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 85% of the 50 schools most like it. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2023.

Hampstead Parochial School , Holly Bush Vale, Hampstead, London, NW3 6TX020 7435 4135hampsteadprim.camden.sch.ukMrs Laura Hall headteacherAll details

What Ofsted found

Ofsted's last full inspection was on 7 June 2023, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.

Good overall.

TeachingOfsted calls this “quality of education”
Good
BehaviourOfsted calls this “behaviour and attitudes”
Outstanding
WellbeingOfsted calls this “personal development”
Outstanding
LeadershipOfsted calls this “leadership and management”
Good
Early years
Outstanding
Safeguarding
Effective
Yes

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

26 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England.

Reached the expected level at 1185%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level42%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score111.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score111.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 93%93%20172018: 100%100%20182019: 96%96%20192023: 92%92%20232024: 97%97%20242025: 85%85%2025
Since 2017: -8%Declining overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017CamdenEngland
Pupils tested262926272827
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths85%97%92%96%100%93%75%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths42%48%46%37%46%33%17%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score111.0113.0112.0110.0112.0109.0107.8105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score111.0112.0114.0111.0111.0110.0107.2104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score112.0115.0113.0113.0111.0112.0108.1105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard92%100%96%96%100%93%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard85%100%96%96%100%96%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)88%97%96%96%100%96%
Reading progressReading progress score+4.0+3.7+5.5+3.3
Maths progressMaths progress score+6.6+4.6+5.3+3.5
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged100%83%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged100%95%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. None of the gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
90%81%
Gap 9 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Pupils learning English vs all pupils
90%85%
Gap 5 ptsEngland 4 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Nearly full201 pupils for 210 places, 2024/25
96% full

Fewer than one place in twenty is empty, so in most years more families apply than there are places. Living close by, or already having a child here, makes a real difference. Pupil numbers have stayed about the same since 2021/22.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Camden council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll208Census January 2026
Places21099% full
Pupils from low-income families7%7% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English54%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support11%22 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan1%2 pupils with a plan
Average class size29.77 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils14%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)7%£23,250 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls105 / 103
White British pupils33%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 30.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 29.5 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (8), language and communications needs (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), Specific learning difficulty (3), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll208199203204201232
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals7%10%8%8%6%6%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language54%54%57%54%51%50%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support10%8%8%9%12%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans2%2%1%1%1%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.0% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance96.0%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school9.0%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils0.02024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission1.2%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence4.0%5.6%5.7%6.9%2.7%3.3%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence2.8%3.9%4.6%6.7%2.5%3.0%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence1.2%1.7%1.0%0.2%0.2%0.3%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence9.0%15.5%14.2%19.4%3.4%4.3%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate0.00.50.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers8.0full-time equivalent, 9 people
Pupils per teacher25.9Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants6.3full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£66,420
Teachers who left in the year23%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher2.02023/24

Money

From the council school accounts, year to March 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£9,320England £7,738. Total £1.9m
Income per pupil£8,781England £7,697. Total £1.7m
Spent on teachers per pupil£3,754England £3,480
Money in reserve-11%In the red: -£196k, -£986 per pupil. England 6%
Money in against money out-£107kit spent more than it took in this year
Where the money goes£9,320spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m73212 months to June 2026, mostly shoplifting
Local crime rate51 per 1,000 people44% lower than the England average
Typical house price£792,500Camden
Nearest bus stop100 mHampstead Station, 9 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
New End Primary SchoolCouncil260 m295Good 202392Compare
Fitzjohn's Primary SchoolCouncil420 m228Good 202490Compare
Christ Church Primary School, HampsteadChurch of England420 m194Outstanding 2023100Compare
Rosary Catholic Primary SchoolRoman Catholic0.6 miles279Good 202283Compare
St Luke's Church of England SchoolFree school0.7 miles97Good 202391Compare
Emmanuel Church of England Primary SchoolChurch of England0.7 miles233Good 202491Compare
Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, NW3Church of England0.7 miles159No overall grade 202492Compare
Fleet Primary SchoolCouncil0.9 miles216Good 202277Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats85%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
In the top quarter of its group. Its score of 97 is 16 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 7 · middle 81 · highest 100100

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 97 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 97% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 92 to 99. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%well above
+0.42
2025, 2024 and 2023 results; 26 pupils
Ofsted inspection19% (normally 20%, cut because the inspection is old)in line
+0.01
Ofsted grade, 3.3 years old
Progress pupils make20%well above
+0.40
DfE progress measure; 26 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%below
-0.06
results and attendance falling year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%above
+0.07
2024/25; 177 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.26
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 26 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School scores 97 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 85% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 92 to 99, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much. Its results have been slipping over the last five years.

What is Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

Ofsted rated Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School good at its last full inspection on 7 June 2023.

How good are Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 85% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 42% went further and reached the higher level.

How many pupils does Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School have?

208 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 210 places, so it is 99% full.

Is Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School oversubscribed?

Often. Fewer than one place in twenty was empty in 2024/25, so popular year groups fill up.

What is attendance like at Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School?

Pupils were in school 96.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 9% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Hampstead Parochial Church of England Primary School?

The average class had 29.7 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 14% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Hampstead Parochial School , Holly Bush Vale, Hampstead, London, NW3 6TX
Telephone
020 7435 4135
Website
www.hampsteadprim.camden.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Laura Hall
Type of school
Church of England school (voluntary aided) (Voluntary aided school, local authority maintained schools)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of London
Local authority
Camden
Ward
Frognal
Constituency
Hampstead and Highgate
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
100031 · LAESTAB 2023352 · UKPRN 10074741

Where these figures come from