Shaftesbury Primary School

State-Funded School

shaftesbury-primary-school-newham-london

LondonRegion

NewhamLocal Authority

East HamConstituency

E7 8PFPostcode

9.9

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Shaftesbury 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 640 pupils. Shaftesbury Primary School is part of THE BOLEYN TRUST.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 11 Nov 2025 · published 11 Jan 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Exceptional
Achievement
Exceptional
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Early years
Exceptional
Leadership and governance
Strong 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: 85%
Higher standard: 20%
Reading score: 109
Maths score: 110

Ethnicity

White

Asian

83%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

640

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

26%

England average

27%

First language not English

88%

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: 640
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: THE BOLEYN 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 17 November 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
25 Apr 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.