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Hoxton Garden Primary

Community school in London, N1 5JD, taking ages 3 to 11, 344 on roll.

Ungraded Ungraded inspection, September 2025: improved significantly
3.46 mi Admitted from, 2024/25
76% Full
84.0% Met the expected standard, 2024/25

Will an address get in?

In 2024/25, the furthest child offered a place lived 3.46 miles away.

Applying for September 2027? Primary applications close 15 January 2027; offers on 16 April 2027.

The circle is 3.46 miles, the distance the school admitted from in 2024/25.

Hoxton Garden Primary: 3.46 miles, 2024/25 Rotherfield Primary School: 0.41 miles, 2026/27, published by Islington

This is not a catchment area. 3.46 miles was last year's outcome, not a boundary and not a promise.
How to read this

Most English schools do not have a catchment area. When Hoxton Garden Primary is oversubscribed, places go outward from the school until they run out, so the distance moves each year with how many families applied and where they lived.

Distances are measured from the postcode's centre, not a front door; a postcode covers a few houses. Siblings, looked-after children come before distance, so a school can fill before distance counts at all.

Real admission areas are not circular: the circle is the distance, not a boundary. The labels on the map are postcode districts whose centre falls inside both circles; each opens the district's guide.

The address on the closing date is the one the council uses. How admissions work.

One published year so far: 2024/25, from Hackney. With two or more, the map can draw any of them.

Source: Hackney, published admission distances, 2024/25

Where Hoxton Garden Primary and Rotherfield Primary School are both in reach

Both distances are drawn on the map above. Rotherfield Primary School admitted from 0.41 miles in 2026/27, published by Islington. Its own page has the rest of its figures.

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside both published distances, cheapest first by the median of real sales around each district's centre. The cheapest is N1 at £625,000. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list.

DistrictAreaFrom Hoxton Garden PrimaryFrom Rotherfield Primary SchoolMedian sold price
N1 Islington 0.7 mi 0.3 mi £625,000 66 sales

Sold prices from HM Land Registry, via each district's area guide. Distances measured from each district's centre to each school's point on the Department for Education register.

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If the answer is no, you can appeal. In Hackney, 12 of 107 secondary appeals succeeded in 2025 (11.2%; England 19.9%), counted for all the council's schools together. How every council compares.

Other schools nearby with a published distance

The closest schools to Hoxton Garden Primary that also have a council-published admission distance, nearest first.

SchoolPhaseAdmitted fromAway
Shoreditch Park Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.49 mi 2024/25 0.2 mi
Thomas Fairchild Community School Both in reach Primary 0.38 mi 2024/25 0.4 mi
Queensbridge Primary School Primary No limit 2024/25 0.5 mi
Rotherfield Primary School Both in reach Primary 0.41 mi 2026/27 0.5 mi
Central Foundation Boys' School Both in reach Secondary 1.34 mi 2026/27 0.6 mi
Sebright School Both in reach Primary 0.55 mi 2024/25 0.6 mi

The distance as a picture

Hoxton Garden Primary catchment area map: the 3.46 mile admission distance, 2024/25 and the postcode districts inside it
Drawn to scale from the published figure, with the districts whose centre falls inside. Save the picture, or share this page and this is the card that appears.

What kind of school this is

Religious characterNo religious character
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
How full 344 pupils in 450 places (76% full)
Local authorityHackney

Department for Education register (GIAS).

How the school is doing

Ofsted Ungraded inspection, September 2025: improved significantly
Meeting the expected standard 84.0% in reading, writing and maths (2024/25)
YearMeeting the expected standard
2024/25 84.0%
2023/24 83.0%
2022/23 92.0%

Ofsted, and the Department for Education's published performance data.

Who goes to Hoxton Garden Primary

Girls and boys54.1% girls, 45.9% boys
English as an additional language40.1% of pupils
Free school meals63.7% of pupils eligible

DfE school census, most recent published year.

What it costs to live within reach of Hoxton Garden Primary

Cheapest district inside the 3.46 miles: E2, median £495,000. Dearest: EC2Y, £880,000.

DistrictAreaFrom the schoolMedian sold price
E2 Tower Hamlets 0.8 mi £495,000 89 sales
EC1Y Islington 0.9 mi £561,000 23 sales
N1 Islington 0.7 mi £625,000 66 sales
EC1V Islington 0.9 mi £640,000 52 sales
EC2N City of London 1.3 mi £700,000 5 sales
EC1R Islington 1.3 mi £750,000 35 sales
EC2A Islington 0.7 mi £753,500 19 sales
E8 Hackney 0.9 mi £825,000 107 sales
EC1M Islington 1.3 mi £840,000 20 sales
EC2Y City of London 1.1 mi £880,000 127 sales
How to read this

The postcode districts whose centre falls inside the 3.46 miles the school admitted from in 2024/25, cheapest first, by the median of real sales around each district's centre. A district is wide, so check the address itself, not the list. Districts without enough recorded sales to rank are not shown.

How this compares across England: what a tight gate costs, school by school.

Source: HM Land Registry sold prices, via each district's area guide

Getting to Hoxton Garden Primary by bus

Best-served stop: St Leonards Hospital, 0.2 mi away, with 25.6 buses an hour on weekday daytimes; first bus 00:15, last 00:23.

Every stop within 600 m
StopFrom the schoolWeekday daytime, an hourEveningSundayRoutes
Buckland Street0.2 mi4.13.54.0394
St Leonards Hospital0.2 mi25.523.022.1149, 243, 242, 394
St Leonards Hospital0.2 mi25.622.522.2149, 243, 242, 394

These are scheduled departures, not buses observed running. Two stops on opposite sides of a road are two rows.

Source: operators' timetables on the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), week of 8 Sep 2026

The fee-paying alternative

Weighing Hoxton Garden Primary against the independent sector? Every fee-paying school around N1: ages, selection, and how full each one is → What it costs to live at N1 5JD, by the school: council tax, energy, prices, rent, stamp duty →

Checking the house as well as the school

The full report checks one address against every nearby school, with sold prices, flood risk and crime.

Common questions

What is the catchment area for Hoxton Garden Primary?

Hoxton Garden Primary does not have one in the sense most people mean. Like most English schools, an oversubscribed year offers places outward from the school until they run out. The nearest thing to an answer: the furthest child admitted in 2024/25 lived 3.46 miles away, per Hackney.

How close do I need to live to get a place at Hoxton Garden Primary?

Nobody can say in advance, and anyone who does is guessing. 3.46 miles was enough in 2024/25. The distance moves every year with the number of applications, so treat last year's figure as evidence, not a promise.

Does buying a house near Hoxton Garden Primary guarantee a place?

No. Admission criteria usually put looked-after children, siblings ahead of distance, so places can be filled before distance is reached. Councils also check that the address is genuinely where the child lives.

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Admission distance published by Hackney. School details from the Department for Education's register, ratings from Ofsted. Read how every figure on this site is sourced on the methodology page. If something here looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.