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New City Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Tunmarsh Lane, Plaistow, London E13 9NE · 020 8472 2743
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jul 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 84%
- 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
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 572
- 91% of 630 places
- Local authority
- Newham
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 28.2%
- First language not English
- 65.4%
- 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, 48 families put the school first and 48 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 | 48 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 86 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 72 | 67 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 71 | 62 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 84% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% 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 | |||
| ▲84% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
| ▲111 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 102734)
Ofsted
New City Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 13 July 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 13 Jul 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: Requires improvement, graded inspection, May 2016
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 102734), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2016Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102734)
Apr 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 102734)
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 2 April 2023).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 65
- 10% · 2 Apr 2023
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied