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# Joseph Hood Primary School

Joseph Hood Primary School is a state-maintained primary school in London, United Kingdom with 309 pupils. Ofsted: Report card, 9 June 2026: strong standard in 4 areas, expected standard in 2; safeguarding met. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: After School Club Play Leader (closes 27 November).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [1 live vacancy](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Head:** Anita Saville, Headteacher
- **Type:** State-maintained, Primary
- **Pupils:** 309 pupils · 51% girls · 22.6% eligible for free school meals · 33.4% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 67 (21.3%) on SEN support · 13 (4.1%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Merton
- **Location:** London, SW20 9NS, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 02085422471
- **Website:** [josephhood.merton.sch.uk](https://www.josephhood.merton.sch.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 102634 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/102634))
- **Ofsted:** Report card, 9 June 2026: strong standard in 4 areas, expected standard in 2; safeguarding met

## Vacancies (1)

- [After School Club Play Leader](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/1wketfexwf9-after-school-club-play-leader) · Salary £30,408 a year · Closes 27 Nov · Full time, part time, temporary · Lunchtime and wraparound care · Joseph Hood Primary School is a successful, friendly and inclusive primary school. We seek to employ enthusiastic and motivated staff for our After School Club. We serve a…

## Exam results

| Year | KS2 expected | KS2 higher |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 10% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 5% |
| 2022/23 | 61% | 14% |

Department for Education performance tables.

## Inspections

Report card (9 June 2026)

- **Inclusion:** Strong standard
- **Curriculum and teaching:** Expected standard
- **Achievement:** Expected standard
- **Attendance and behaviour:** Strong standard
- **Personal development and well-being:** Strong standard
- **Leadership and governance:** Strong standard
- **Safeguarding:** Met

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 9 June 2026 | Report card | Strong standard in 4 areas, expected standard in 2; safeguarding met |
| 11 January 2022 | 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 | 20.4 | 15.1 | – | 0 | £58,017 |
| 2024/25 | 19.0 | 18.2 | 10% | 0 | £54,203 |
| 2023/24 | 20.1 | 18.2 | 9% | 0 | £50,829 |
| 2022/23 | 22.8 | 16.7 | 25% | 0 | £48,671 |
| 2021/22 | 21.6 | 17.1 | 3% | 0 | £46,262 |
| 2020/21 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 10% | 0 | £45,686 |

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 | 4.1% | 1.4% | 9.4% | 0.4% |
| 2024/25 | 5.2% | 1.5% | 14.3% | 0.3% |
| 2023/24 | 4.5% | 1.5% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| 2022/23 | 5.6% | 1.5% | 18.3% | 0.3% |
| 2021/22 | 6.7% | 1.3% | 19.6% | 0.3% |
| 2020/21 | 2.6% | 0.5% | 6.0% | 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).

## Hiring history

1 past vacancy seen since May 2026: 1 teaching. Most often advertised: Class Teacher. Last advertised June 2026.

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## Sources

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.

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