St Edward's Catholic Primary School

About St Edward's Catholic Primary School

St Edward’s Catholic Primary School sits within Newham, a London borough with 68 primary schools, and ranks 27th among them — comfortably inside the top half. Its closest high-performing neighbour is Cleves Primary School, just half a kilometre away, which holds an Outstanding Ofsted rating and ranks among the borough’s top three alongside Tollgate Primary and Rosetta Primary. St Edward’s itself was rated Good in its most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2023, a step down from the Outstanding it achieved in 2009. The school is Roman Catholic and mixed, serving 416 pupils aged 3 to 11 against a capacity of 420, so it is essentially full. Nearly a third of its pupils (32.8%) are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average and reflects the local demographic. The school is oversubscribed: for 45 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 93 applications, with 40 first-preference offers made — a ratio of just over two applicants per place.

Academically, St Edward’s performs well above the Newham average. At Key Stage 2, 77% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with the borough average of 74%. In reading, 95% met the expected standard and 47% achieved the higher standard; in maths, 87% met the expected standard and 30% reached the higher level. The average reading score was 109 and the average maths score was 106, both above the national benchmark of 100. Writing was slightly lower, with 82% at expected and 20% at higher. Nationally, the school ranks in the top 15% of all primaries for combined expected attainment, and within London it sits in the top 29%. There is no progress score data available, so it is not possible to say how much value the school adds relative to pupils’ starting points, but the raw outcomes are solid and consistent across the core subjects.

The school offers a broad set of facilities including a library, playing fields, a gymnasium, an outdoor playground, a sports hall and a chapel. Sports on offer include athletics, swimming, cricket, football and dance, while clubs range from choir and drama to coding, chess and film club. For pupils with additional needs, the school has provisions for social, emotional and mental health, speech, language and communication, hearing impairment, physical disability and autistic spectrum disorder. There is nursery provision for younger children, but no sixth form. Given its strong academic results, Catholic character and oversubscribed intake, St Edward’s suits families who prioritise a faith-based primary with good outcomes and a wide range of extracurricular activities, particularly those living within the Newham catchment who can secure a place.

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