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Schools in Newham

109 schools in the Newham local authority.

Schools

109

Open schools

Pupils

61,359

2025–26 census

Good or better

98%

91 of 93 graded

Academic Performance

7.4

out of 10 · 106 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
36 39%
Good
55 59%
Requires improvement
0 0%
Inadequate
2 2%
13 inspected since 2024, no overall grade10 superseded by a report card3 not judged1 in a category of concern1 safeguarding not effective
7.4
Academic Performance

Averaged over 106 of 109 schools that can be scored

Pupils

61,359

pupils on roll

Boys 50%50% Girls

Ethnicity

White
17%
Asian
50%
Black
17%
Mixed
9%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
5%
Unclassified
1%

Ethnicity from 102 of 109 schools (60,249 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
42.6%

25,663 of 60,249 pupils · 102 of 109 schools

First language not English
66.3%

39,948 of 60,249 pupils · 102 of 109 schools

Young carers
<1%

158 of 59,175 pupils · 95 of 109 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
69
Secondary
21
Special
3
Nursery
7
PRU
3
Not recorded
6

Top primary schools in Newham

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Newham

The 20 highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 109 schools in Newham — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Newham

How many schools are there in Newham?
Newham has 109 open schools — 69 primary, 21 secondary, 3 special, 7 nursery, teaching 61,359 pupils in total.
How many schools in Newham are rated Good or Outstanding?
91 of the 93 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 98% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 36 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 109: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Newham?
7.4 out of 10, averaged across the 106 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Newham schools have no Ofsted rating?
16 schools in Newham currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Newham local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Newham covers 109 schools and sits in the London region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Newham are eligible for free school meals?
42.6% — 25,663 of 60,249 pupils at the 102 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the London region.