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St Michael's Catholic Primary School

Primary Ages 3-11 206 pupils London
Ofsted: Good
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St Michael's Catholic Primary School is an academy converter in Newham for pupils aged 3 to 11. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. It has 206 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for St Michael's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023 of its predecessor, St Michael's Catholic Primary School. In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. It has more teachers for its size than most primary schools: 13.8 pupils for each teacher in 2025/26, against 20.7 nationally.

Ofsted inspection: June 2024. KS2 results: 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 3-11
Religion Roman Catholic
Address Howard Road
East Ham
London
E6 6EE
Phone 02084723964
Reference Number 150664

General Makeup

Number of pupils 206
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.03%
Girls: 50.97%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 23.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 55.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.6
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 23.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26.5

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 10 17 27
2 14 14 28
3 12 16 28
4 11 13 24
5 14 10 24
6 16 14 30

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Indian 31.6%
African 12.1%
Asian, Other 7.8%
White, Other 6.8%
White, British 4.9%
Mixed, Other 4.9%
White & Black (Caribbean) 4.4%
Chinese 2.4%
White & Black (African) 2.4%
Caribbean 2.4%
Irish 1.5%
Pakistani 1.5%
White & Asian 0.5%
Unclassified 0.5%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, St Michael's Catholic Primary School, inspected in March 2023.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Jun 2024 Academy conversion letter

How many students meet the standards

Reading, Writing & Maths School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Pupils meeting the expected standard 81%
Pupils meeting a higher standard 19%

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 109
Maths 110
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Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 14 2
Third Preference 14 0
From another Local Authority 1 1

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 St Michael's Catholic Primary School had 193 pupils for 210 places. 17 places (8.1%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “East Ham Primary” planning area

Newham counted 842 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 824 in 2029–30, down 2%.

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 St Michael's Catholic Primary School attended 95.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 15.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 2.7%
Unauthorised absence 1.7%
Severely absent pupils 1.7%

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, 0.9% of pupils at St Michael's Catholic Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.4
Permanent exclusions 0

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 St Michael's Catholic Primary School had 13.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 10.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

20252026
Pupils per adult 12.410.5
Teachers who left state teaching 0.0%–
Teachers who took any sick leave 50.0%–
Sick days per teacher 2.1–

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, 7.3% of pupils at St Michael's Catholic Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Autistic spectrum disorder 5 1
No specialist assessment of need 5 0
Speech, language and communication needs 5 0

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 St Michael's Catholic Primary School received £8,988 and spent £8,838 for each of its 205 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £50,000 (£245 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust, income was £9,293 and spending £9,244 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

2025
Revenue reserve £50,000
per pupil £245
In-year balance £31,000
per pupil £151

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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Napier Road, East Ham, London, E6 2SE
0.25 miles
Vicarage Primary School
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Oliver Thomas Nursery School
Mathews Avenue, London, E6 6BU
0.33 miles
Hartley Primary School
Hartley Avenue, East Ham, London, E6 1NT
0.39 miles
Altmore Infant School
Altmore Avenue, East Ham, London, E6 2BX
0.45 miles
Lathom Junior School
Lathom Road, East Ham, London, E6 2DU
0.54 miles
Central Park Primary School
Central Park Road, London, E6 3DW
0.56 miles
Brampton Primary School
Brampton Road, East Ham, London, E6 3LB
0.63 miles
Cleves Primary School
Arragon Road, East Ham, London, E6 1QP
0.68 miles
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0.8 miles
Kensington Primary School
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Grangewood Independent School
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0.96 miles
St Stephen's Primary School
Whitfield Road, London, E6 1AS
0.97 miles
St Stephen's Nursery School
Whitfield Road, London, E6 1AS
0.98 miles
Gascoigne Primary School
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Name Distance
Newham College of Further Education
East Ham Campus, High Street South, East Ham, London, E6 6ER
0.15 miles
Newham Collegiate Sixth Form Centre, City of London Academy
326 Barking Road, East Ham, London, E6 2BB
0.19 miles
Horizon Academy
Flanders Road, London, E6 6FE
0.34 miles
Langdon Academy
Sussex Road, East Ham, London, E6 2PS
0.53 miles
Plashet, City of London Academy
Plashet Grove, East Ham, London, E6 1DG
0.72 miles
Brampton Manor Academy
Roman Road, London, E6 3SQ
0.84 miles
Northstar New School
c/o Gascoigne Primary Annex, The Shaftesburys, Barking, IG11 7JA
0.91 miles
Connaught Special School
Kirton Road, London, E13 9BT
1.03 miles
Kingsford Community School
Kingsford Way, Beckton, London, E6 5JG
1.12 miles
Cumberland Community School
Oban Close, London, E13 8SJ
1.16 miles
Little Ilford School
Rectory Road, Manor Park, London, E12 6JB
1.18 miles
Greatfields School
Net Street, Barking, IG11 7QG
1.2 miles
Lister Community School
St Mary's Road, Plaistow, London, E13 9AE
1.29 miles
Al Madina School for Girls
Victoria Road, 2 (Annex Building), Barking, Essex, IG11 8PY
1.31 miles
St Angela's Ursuline School
St George's Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8HU
1.48 miles
St Bonaventure's RC School
Boleyn Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 9QD
1.52 miles
London Design and Engineering UTC
15 University Way, Royal Docks, London, E16 2RD
1.6 miles
Stratford School Academy
Upton Lane, Forest Gate, London, E7 9PR
1.63 miles
Royal Docks Academy
Prince Regent Lane, Custom House, London, E16 3HS
1.64 miles
Eastbury Community School
Hulse Avenue, Barking, Essex, IG11 9UW
1.66 miles

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St Michael's Catholic Primary School is part of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust, which runs 8 schools. The nearest others:

What is St Michael's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Michael's Catholic Primary School is Good, from an inspection in March 2023 of its predecessor, St Michael's Catholic Primary School.

When was St Michael's Catholic Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

St Michael's Catholic Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does St Michael's Catholic Primary School have?

St Michael's Catholic Primary School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Michael's Catholic Primary School cover?

St Michael's Catholic Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Michael's Catholic Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 81% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Michael's Catholic Primary School?

St Michael's Catholic Primary School is at Howard Road, East Ham, London, E6 6EE.

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