Pakeman Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Islington·N7 6DU
Composite score
48.5
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#7,834
National rank
#1303
In London
#26
In Islington
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
39 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
84
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.20
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8420220.8720230.7820240.6720250.872026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Pakeman Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
327
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
62.7%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
62.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
14.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,756
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Pakeman Primary School

Pakeman Primary School is a primary school in London, Islington, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 327 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Pakeman Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 39 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 16.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 63% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Pakeman Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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