Councils · England · Hackney
Schools in Hackney, and the dates that matter.
Every state school in the council area — 50 primary, 16 secondary — with Hackney’s application deadlines, offer days, and where to apply. One page, kept current from official sources.
September 2027 entry · Sources: Primary council source · Secondary council source
Primary · Reception 2027
15 January 2027
National deadline. Offers arrive 16 April. We suggest submitting by 8 January to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Hackney's portal →Verify the exact date on the council's scheme →Secondary · Year 7 2027
31 October 2026
National deadline. Offers arrive 1 March. Grammar tests, where they apply, happen even earlier. We suggest submitting by 24 October to stay clear of the rush.
Apply on Hackney's portal →Verify the exact date on the council's scheme →01 / EVERY SCHOOL IN HACKNEY
Find your shortlist.
All 100 state and independent schools in the council area, straight from the Department for Education’s register. Open any school for admissions details, Ofsted history and open days.
Primary · 50
Benthal Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Berger Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Betty Layward Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Daubeney Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gainsborough Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Gayhurst Community School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Grasmere Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Grazebrook Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Hackney New Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Halley House School
Ofsted · Good
Harrington Hill Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Holmleigh Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Hoxton Garden Primary
Ofsted · Good
Jubilee Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Kingsmead Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Lauriston School
Ofsted · Good
London Fields Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Lubavitch Boys' Primary School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Lubavitch Girls Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Mandeville Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Millfields Community School
Ofsted · Good
Morningside Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Mossbourne Parkside Academy
Ofsted · Good
Mossbourne Riverside Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Nightingale Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Northwold Primary School
Ofsted · Not judged
Orchard Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Parkwood Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Princess May Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Queensbridge Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Rushmore Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Sebright School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Shacklewell Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Shoreditch Park Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Southwold Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Springfield Community Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St John and St James CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St John of Jerusalem Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
St Matthias Church of England Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Monica's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St Scholastica's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted · Good
St. Paul's With St. Michael's CofE Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
The Olive School, Hackney
Ofsted · Outstanding
Thomas Fairchild Community School
Ofsted · Good
William Patten Primary School
Ofsted · Outstanding
Woodberry Down Community Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Secondary · 16
All Saints Catholic High School
Ofsted · Good
Cardinal Pole Catholic School
Ofsted · Good
City of London Academy, Shoreditch Park
Ofsted · Good
Clapton Girls' Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Haggerston School
Ofsted · Good
Lubavitch House School (Senior Girls)
Ofsted · Good
Mossbourne Community Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy
Ofsted · Outstanding
Skinners' Academy
Ofsted · Good
Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form
Ofsted · Good
The Bridge Academy
Ofsted · Good
The City Academy, Hackney
Ofsted · Good
The Excelsior Academy
Ofsted · Good
The Urswick School - A Church of England Secondary School
Ofsted · Good
Waterside Academy
Ofsted · Good
Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School
Ofsted · Good
Special & other · 34
Al-Falah Primary School
Ofsted · Good
Beis Aharon School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Beis Chinuch Lebonos Girls School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Beis Malka Girls' School
Ofsted · Good
Beis Rochel D'satmar School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Beis Rochel d'Satmar Girls' School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Beis Ruchel D'Satmar London
Ofsted · Inadequate
Beis Trana Girls' School
Ofsted · Inadequate
Beis Yaakov Girls School
Ofsted · Good
Bnei Zion Community School
Ofsted · Inadequate
Bnois Jerusalem Girls School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Bnos Zion of Bobov
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Bobov Primary Boys School
Ofsted · Inadequate
Clockhouse Primary School
Not judged yet
Ickburgh School
Ofsted · Good
Leaways School
Ofsted · Good
Ohr Emes
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Rosemary Works School
Not judged yet
Side By Side School
Ofsted · Good
Stormont House School
Ofsted · Outstanding
T T T Y Y School
Ofsted · Inadequate
TTD Gur School
Ofsted · Inadequate
Talmud Torah Chaim Meirim Wiznitz School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Talmud Torah London
Ofsted · Good
Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Talmud Torah Yetev Lev
Ofsted · Inadequate
Tawhid Boys School, Tawhid Educational Trust
Ofsted · Good
Tayyibah Girls' School
Ofsted · Good
The Garden School
Ofsted · Not judged
The Lyceum
Not judged yet
Vishnitz Girls School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
Wiznitz Cheder School
Ofsted · Inadequate
Yesodey Hatorah Girls School
Ofsted · Good
Yesodey Hatorah School
Ofsted · Requires improvement
02 / HOW APPLYING WORKS HERE
One form, through Hackney.
If you live in Hackney, you apply through the council’s own portal — even for schools in another council’s area.
Preferences
List as many schools as the form allows — you’ll see the limit when you start your application. Rank in your true order; schools never see it.
Own-criteria schools
Some Hackney secondaries are academies or faith schools that set their own entry criteria — check each school’s page for extra forms before the deadline.
Plain-English guides
Primary admissions, explained
The 15 January deadline and how Reception offers work.
Secondary admissions, explained
The 31 October deadline and the traps that come earlier.
How school appeals work
Your right to appeal, and honest odds of success.
Waiting lists, explained
How they're ordered, and why positions move both ways.
03 / NEARBY
Looking across the border?
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