John Scurr Primary School

Type Primary / Community school
Age Range 2-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Cephas Street
Stepney Green
London
E1 4AX
Phone 02077903647
Reference Number 100906

John Scurr Primary School has been rated as good overall, excelling in various areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. Leaders demonstrate a strong commitment to creating an ambitious learning environment for pupils, emphasizing respect, resilience, and readiness to learn. The school has implemented a well-designed curriculum supported by effective teaching practices, which has positively impacted pupils' academic achievement and personal growth.

General Makeup

Number of pupils 493
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 53.14%
Girls: 46.86%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 43.9%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 94.9%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 23

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 32 29 61
2 25 27 52
3 29 29 58
4 33 21 54
5 29 23 52
6 27 26 53

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
African 4.7%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
Pakistani 1.4%
Asian, Other 0.6%
Indian 0.4%
White, British 0.2%
White, Other 0.2%
Unclassified 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
 >  Quality of education Good
  >  Behaviour & Attitude Good
  >  Personal Development Good
  >  Leadership & Management Good
  >  Early Years Provision Good
Last Report Date 13 Mar 2023
Date Report
13 Mar 2023 School inspection:
23 Jan 2018 Short inspection
01 Apr 2014 Full inspection:
09 Jan 2012 Interim assessment
14 Jan 2011 Curriculum and development visit
10 Mar 2009 Full inspection:
05 Oct 2005 Full inspection:
05 Jun 2000 Full inspection

Strengths

  • Leaders have ambitious goals for pupils' future careers.
  • Strong routines ensure minimal disruption to learning.
  • A variety of extracurricular activities enhance students' experiences.
  • Effective phonics program in place for early readers.
  • Strong provision for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
  • High standards of behaviour and safety among pupils.
  • An extensive personal development curriculum fosters student engagement.

Areas for Improvement

  • In some subjects, the new curriculum is not as strongly embedded.
  • Key knowledge and skills are not systematically taught in early years.

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 72%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 8%

Average Scaled Score

Results are converted into scaled scores to allow accurate comparisons of performance over time even if the difficulty of the test varies over time. Scaled scores range from 80 to 120.

Subject School Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 107
Maths 108

Progress Scores

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Reading 1.5
Writing 3.8
Maths 4.2

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2025 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 15 1
Third Preference 12 0
From another Local Authority 0 0

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