Horniman Primary School is a state-maintained primary school in London, United Kingdom with 201 pupils. As of 11 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Part Time Class Teacher (closes 4 December).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Head
Andrew Pickering, Headteacher
Type
State-maintained, Primary
Pupils
201 pupils · 46% girls · 10.9% eligible for free school meals · 22.9% with English as an additional language DfE school census, 2025/26
Special needs
32 (15.9%) on SEN support · 13 (6.5%) with an education, health and care plan DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
Horniman is a successful small community school that loves creativity and the outdoors. The governors and leadership team are looking for teachers who; can excel within a…
Exam results
Year
KS2 expected
KS2 higher
2024/25
73%
12%
2023/24
78%
11%
2022/23
62%
8%
Department for Education performance tables.
Inspections
Date
Inspection
Outcome
6 December 2023
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
Staff
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2025/26
9.6
20.9
–
0
£58,781
2024/25
10.0
20.3
0%
0
£56,853
2023/24
9.8
20.4
0%
0
£53,395
2022/23
11.8
16.4
11%
0
£49,568
2021/22
11.8
18.8
8%
0
£44,781
2020/21
12.4
18.2
24%
0
£46,088
Earlier years (2010/11 to 2019/20)
Year
Teachers
Pupils per teacher
Leavers
Vacancies
Average pay
2019/20
12.0
19.2
0%
0
£45,049
2018/19
11.6
20.3
9%
0
£43,963
2017/18
12.4
20.4
30%
0
£42,710
2016/17
10.8
24.2
19%
0
£38,820
2015/16
10.8
23.5
34%
0
£41,549
2014/15
10.8
21.6
9%
0
£40,618
2013/14
9.4
24.3
21%
0
£43,743
2012/13
9.4
25.2
0%
0
£42,028
2011/12
11.5
20.0
21%
0
£39,636
2010/11
3.2
–
0%
0
£47,181
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
Attendance
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2025/26
4.9%
0.7%
10.3%
0.5%
2024/25
5.8%
0.4%
12.7%
0.0%
2023/24
5.3%
0.8%
13.6%
2.3%
2022/23
4.8%
0.9%
12.9%
0.0%
2021/22
5.7%
0.5%
12.0%
0.0%
2020/21
2.1%
0.2%
1.5%
0.0%
Earlier years (2016/17 to 2018/19)
Year
Sessions missed
Unauthorised
Persistently absent
Severely absent
2018/19
3.2%
0.5%
3.6%
0.0%
2017/18
3.8%
0.5%
5.5%
0.0%
2016/17
3.6%
0.5%
6.1%
0.0%
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.