The Olive School, Hackney[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard: KS2 87% 87% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths): 87% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths): 25% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score: 108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score: 108 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22: Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20: Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]

Earlier years
Year	Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)	Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)	Reading, average scaled score	Maths, average scaled score
2023/24	87%[4]	17%[4]	107[4]	107[4]
2022/23	78%[5]	14%[5]	106[5]	106[5]
2018/19	68%[6]	11%[6]	105[6]	106[6]

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 7 May 2025[7]
Type: S5 Inspection[7]
Report published: 18 Jun 2025[7]
Personal development: Outstanding[7]
Quality of education: Outstanding[7]
Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding[7]
Safeguarding is effective?: Yes[7]
Early years provision (where applicable): Outstanding[7]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding[7]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place: 1.5 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Applications (any preference): 126 Entry Sept 2026[8]
First preferences: 78 Entry Sept 2026[8]
Places offered: 85 Entry Sept 2026[8]
First preferences per place: 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[8]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	158[8]	100[8]	90[8]	1.8[8]	1.1[8]
Entry Sept 2024	172[8]	116[8]	88[8]	2.0[8]	1.3[8]
Entry Sept 2023	154[8]	103[8]	87[8]	1.8[8]	1.2[8]
Entry Sept 2022	160[8]	112[8]	89[8]	1.8[8]	1.3[8]

Character & practicalities

Type: Free schools[1]
Ages: 4–11[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Faith: Muslim[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Capacity: 630[1]
Trust: STAR ACADEMIES[1]
Local authority: Hackney[1]
Website: www.olivehackney.com [1]
District: Hackney [9]
Postcode: E9 6EJ[1]
URN: 139814[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 624 2024/25[10]
English as an additional language: 51% 2024/25[10]
SEN support: 11.7% 2024/25[10]
EHC plan: 5.5% 2024/25[10]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 48.1% 2024/25[10]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 7%[11]
Mixed: 16.2%[11]
Asian: 34.7%[11]
Black: 29.3%[11]
Any other ethnic group: 10.7%[11]
Unclassified: 2.2%[11]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Quotes (2)
We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.