New City Primary School

About New City Primary School

New City Primary School in Newham has been rated Outstanding by Ofsted across every category in its most recent inspection in 2022, a significant turnaround from its previous Requires Improvement rating in 2016. The school’s leadership and management, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and early years provision all received the top grade of 1. On the key academic measure of Key Stage 2 reading, writing and maths combined at the expected standard, 76% of pupils achieved this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That is two percentage points above the Newham local authority average of 74%, placing the school 29th out of 61 primary schools in the borough. Nationally, New City sits in the top 18% of all primary schools for this metric, and in London it ranks within the top third.

Looking more closely at the KS2 results, the school’s strongest subject is reading, where the average scaled score reached 109 and 43% of pupils achieved the higher standard. In maths, the average score was 107, with 36% reaching the higher threshold. Writing saw 24% of pupils achieve the higher standard, while 79% met the expected standard in both maths and writing individually. The combined expected standard figure of 76% is solid, though there is a gap between reading and maths at the higher level that some parents may want to explore. The school does not publish progress scores for any subject, so it is not possible to see how much value it adds relative to pupils’ starting points. Still, the Ofsted judgment and the above-average KS2 outcomes suggest a school that has improved markedly under headteacher Mary Bull.

New City Primary School is a three-form entry state school with a nursery, catering for children aged 3 to 11. It was oversubscribed for the 2025/26 intake, receiving 175 applications for 54 places, with 53 first-preference offers made. The school has a broad range of facilities including a gymnasium, library, forest school, playing fields, ICT suite and even a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, dance, football and cross country, while clubs range from book club and chess to coding, choir, science club and drama. The school also provides support for a wide range of special educational needs, including dyslexia, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech and language difficulties, hearing impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. With 22.9% of pupils eligible for free school meals, New City serves a diverse community and is a strong local option for families seeking an Outstanding-rated primary with good academic results and a rich extracurricular offer.

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