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Tollgate Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Barclay Road, Plaistow, London E13 8SA · tollgate.boleyntrust.org · 020 7476 1848
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Dec 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 91%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Newham 76%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Newham Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 426
- 6 over 420 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Newham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 41.4%
- First language not English
- 79.3%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Boleyn Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Newham Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 51 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 56 | 51 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 51 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 56 | 55 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 64 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
Results
In 2024/25, 91% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 37% the higher standard. Across Newham it was 76%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲91% | 62% | ||
| ▲37% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲112 | 106 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102749)
Ofsted
Tollgate Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 7 December 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 7 Dec 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Mar 2008
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Mar 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
97% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (63 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 97%
- Replies
- 63
- 14% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied