New City Primary School

New City Primary School has received its first routine inspection since becoming an academy converter and has been rated as outstanding across all areas, including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school's ambitious leadership and the commitment of the teaching staff have created a safe and joyful learning environment where pupils thrive. Parents express high levels of satisfaction, noting the positive relationships staff maintain with their children and the diverse opportunities available for student participation.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with a clear vision for excellence.
• High levels of pupil engagement and pride in learning.
• Exceptional support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• A rich and tailored curriculum that meets pupil needs.
• Outstanding behaviour and exemplary conduct from pupils.
• Wide range of extracurricular activities fostering personal development.
• Effective strategies for early reading and language development.

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 New City Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at New City 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 New City Primary School had 20.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 24.5% 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, 10.7% of pupils at New City Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.1% 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 2024–25 New City Primary School received £7,815 and spent £8,228 for each of its 619 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,169,000 (£1,890 per pupil).

Across all 8 schools of The Boleyn Trust, income was £9,316 and spending £9,435 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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New City Primary School is part of The Boleyn Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

• Tollgate Primary School London
• Cleves Primary School London
• Ravenscroft Primary School London
• Rosetta Primary School London
• Shaftesbury Primary School London
• Monega Primary School London
• The Clara Grant Primary School London

What is New City Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for New City Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was New City Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

New City Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does New City Primary School have?

New City Primary School has 572 pupils on roll.

What age range does New City Primary School cover?

New City Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are New City Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 84% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is New City Primary School?

New City Primary School is at Tunmarsh Lane, Plaistow, London, E13 9NE.