Thomas Fairchild Community School is a primary school located in London. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness requires improvement. The school inspection was carried out on 06/12/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in writing is average, progress in maths is below average, The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.6%, which is 0.6 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Forston Street, London, N1 7HA
Website: http://www.thomasfairchild.hackney.sch.uk/
Telephone: 02072539469
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Hackney
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Nicole Reid
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 100243

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 06/12/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 3 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 356
Number of Pupils: 256
Number of Boys: 141
Number of Girls: 115

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.6% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.4% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: -1.6 Confidence interval -3.2 to 0
Writing
Average: 0.7 Confidence interval -0.8 to 2.2
Maths
Below Average: -1.8 Confidence interval -3.3 to -0.4

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:59%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:7%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:101
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:102
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Comet Nursery School and Children's Centre
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4out of 4 887 yd Local authority nursery school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Columbia Market Nursery School
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4out of 4 1,405 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
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4out of 4 2,260 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Thomas Coram Centre
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4out of 4 2,421 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thomas Fairchild Community School
Forston Street , Hoxton N1 7HA
2out of 4 0 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Shoreditch Park Primary School
Bridport Place , N1 5JN
4out of 4 464 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Hanover Primary School
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3out of 4 559 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
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Rotherfield Primary School
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Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
City of London Academy Islington
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4out of 4 615 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Central Foundation Boys' School
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4out of 4 1,038 yd Voluntary aided school No Boys More About School
Waterside Academy
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- not rated 1,263 yd Free schools No Mixed More About School
The Bridge Academy
Laburnum Street , Hackney E2 8BA
3out of 4 1,410 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Haggerston School
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3out of 4 1,454 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Workers' Educational Association
4 Luke Street , EC2A 4XW
- not rated 1,332 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Capital City College Group
211 Gray's Inn Road , WC1X 8RA
- not rated 2,218 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
The London Screen Academy
Highbury Grove , Highbury East N5 2AD
- not rated 2,451 yd Free schools 16 to 19 No Mixed More About School
The Mary Ward Centre (AE Centre)
42 - 43 Queen Square , Camden WC1N 3AQ
- not rated 2,751 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School
City Lit
Keeley Street , Covent Garden WC2B 4BA
- not rated 3,111 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

All-through

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St Mary Magdalene Academy
Liverpool Road , Islington N7 8PG
3out of 4 2,227 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
New Regent's College
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3out of 4 448 yd Pupil referral unit Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Rosemary Works School
1 Branch Place , N1 5PH
- not rated 645 yd Other independent school Yes Mixed More About School
Richard Cloudesley School
Tudor Rose Building , 1 Prebend Street N1 8RE
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NAS Vanguard School
Lollard Street , Kennington SE11 6QH
- not rated 1,054 yd Free schools special No Mixed More About School
City University
Northampton Square , EC1V 0HB
- not rated 1,062 yd Higher education institutions Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.