Kensington Primary School

State-Funded School

kensington-primary-school-newham-london

LondonRegion

NewhamLocal Authority

East HamConstituency

E12 6NNPostcode

9.6

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

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

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 628 pupils. Kensington Primary School is part of THE TAPSCOTT LEARNING TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 3 Feb 2026 · published 23 Apr 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 65%
Higher standard: 14%
Reading score: 107
Maths score: 108

Ethnicity

White

10%

Asian

80%

Black

Mixed

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

628

Total Pupils

51%Boys

49%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

31%

England average

27%

First language not English

81%

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: 628
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: THE TAPSCOTT LEARNING TRUST

Inspection history

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

School remains Outstanding

Ungraded inspection on 2 December 2021. 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
15 Sept 2016	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.