Portway Primary School

State-Funded School

portway-primary-school-newham-london

LondonRegion

NewhamLocal Authority

West Ham and BecktonConstituency

E13 0JWPostcode

9.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Portway Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 1–11, located in Newham, London.

The school is rated Outstanding by Ofsted. It currently serves 513 pupils. Portway Primary School is part of NEWHAM COMMUNITY LEARNING.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Outstanding

Early yearsprovision

Outstanding

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 77%
Higher standard: 23%
Reading score: 108
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

18%

Asian

42%

Black

19%

Mixed

11%

Chinese

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

513

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

33%

England average

27%

First language not English

67%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 1 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 513
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)
MAT name: NEWHAM COMMUNITY LEARNING

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.