Essex Primary School

State-Funded School

essex-primary-school-newham-london

LondonRegion

NewhamLocal Authority

East HamConstituency

E12 6QXPostcode

9.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Essex Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–11, located in Newham, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 807 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 86%
Higher standard: 9%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

Asian

81%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

807

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

34%

England average

27%

First language not English

95%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 807
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 12 February 2025. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
8 May 2019	Outstanding	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Outstanding

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.