Arnhem Wharf Primary School

Arnhem Wharf Primary School has maintained its status as a good school, providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all pupils. The school prioritizes high expectations in learning and behavior, and has designed a broad curriculum that helps students build knowledge progressively. Pupils enjoy their lessons, are well supported by staff, and have access to a wide range of extracurricular activities that enrich their educational experience. While most areas show strength, there are some subjects where the learning activities do not fully align with the ambitious curriculum, leading to gaps in knowledge for certain pupils.

Strengths

• Inclusive environment where all pupils feel respected and safe.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• Ambitious and broad curriculum designed to build knowledge over time.
• Effective reading program with well-trained staff.
• High expectations for pupil behavior supported by swift interventions.
• Opportunities for pupil leadership and participation.
• Engaging extracurricular activities enhancing learning.

Areas for Improvement

• In some subjects, learning activities do not consistently match curriculum ambitions, leading to gaps in knowledge.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Arnhem Wharf Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.7% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.8% of pupils at Arnhem Wharf Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Arnhem Wharf Primary School had 18.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.1% of pupils at Arnhem Wharf Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 8.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Arnhem Wharf Primary School received £11,156 and spent £11,777 for each of its 458 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £365,000 (-£797 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Arnhem Wharf Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Arnhem Wharf Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2023.

When was Arnhem Wharf Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Arnhem Wharf Primary School was last inspected in September 2023.

How many pupils does Arnhem Wharf Primary School have?

Arnhem Wharf Primary School has 476 pupils on roll.

What age range does Arnhem Wharf Primary School cover?

Arnhem Wharf Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Arnhem Wharf Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Arnhem Wharf Primary School?

Arnhem Wharf Primary School is at 1 Arnhem Place, Isle of Dogs, London, E14 3RP.