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Plaistow Primary School[1]

Primary · ages 3–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 69% 69% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
69% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
10% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
108 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 70%[4] 16%[4] 106[4] 106[4]
2022/23 60%[5] 6%[5] 104[5] 104[5]
2018/19 60%[6] 8%[6] 102[6] 105[6]
2017/18 71%[7] 5%[7] 104[7] 104[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
23 Apr 2024[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
2 Jul 2024[8]
Personal development
Outstanding[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Outstanding[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
9 Oct 2018[9] Exempt School Inspection[9] Good[9]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
3.6 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Applications (any preference)
183 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences
47 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Places offered
51 Entry Sept 2026[10]
First preferences per place
0.9 Entry Sept 2026[10]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 170[10] 51[10] 54[10] 3.1[10] 0.9[10]
Entry Sept 2024 127[10] 32[10] 35[10] 3.6[10] 0.9[10]
Entry Sept 2023 145[10] 26[10] 34[10] 4.3[10] 0.8[10]
Entry Sept 2022 142[10] 40[10] 42[10] 3.4[10] 1.0[10]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
3–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
450[1]
Local authority
Newham[1]
Website
www.plaistow.newham.sch.uk/[1]
District
Newham[11]
Postcode
E13 9DQ[1]
URN
132812[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
362 2024/25[12]
English as an additional language
66.9% 2024/25[12]
SEN support
11.1% 2024/25[12]
EHC plan
4.4% 2024/25[12]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
34.1% 2024/25[12]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
17.5%[13]
Mixed
9.7%[13]
Asian
52.4%[13]
Black
15%[13]
Any other ethnic group
5.3%[13]
Unclassified
0%[13]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2018/19. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.