Cleves Primary School
General Information
- Address: Arragon Road, East Ham, London, E6 1QP – View on map
- Phone: 02084726298
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Liza Christofides
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 67 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 16 · 2024 16 · 2025 13 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 166
- % eligible for free school meals: 39.7%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (less mixed than the Newham average)
- English as an additional language: 78% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 33.3% a year (Newham 14.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 40% moved to another school, 60% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Newham: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 1 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Newham, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 7.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 21.7%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Profound and multiple learning difficultiesMulti-sensory impairment 24 places · 20 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 13.0%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 6.2%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 35 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 8 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 4 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 17 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 8 pupils
- Severe learning difficulty: 2 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Ofsted report card February 2026
Ofsted's new report cards grade each part of school life separately, instead of giving one overall word.
- Safeguarding Met
- Inclusion Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching Exceptional
- Achievement Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing Exceptional
- Early years Exceptional
- Leadership and governance Exceptional
Before this, under the old system, Ofsted rated the school Outstanding (2021). The report card above replaces that grade.
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 84% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 8 percentage points above the Newham average (76%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 89% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 89%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 91% · Writing 84% · Maths 91% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 89%
- Average test scores: reading 111, maths 112
- Based on: 55 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 16th of 66 junior and primary schools in the area
- =13Keir Hardie Primary School85%
- =13Scott Wilkie Primary School85%
- =16Cleves Primary School84%
- =16Earlham Primary School84%
- =16New City Primary School84%
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £9,132 (2024-25)
24th of 62 primary schools in Newham for spending per pupil
- #22St Joachim's Catholic Primary School£9,206
- #23Ravenscroft Primary School£9,141
- #24Cleves Primary School£9,132
- #25St James' CofE Primary School£9,113
- #26West Ham Church Primary School£9,060
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