Essex Primary School
General Information
- Address: Sheridan Road, Manor Park, London, E12 6QX – View on map
- Phone: 02084720322
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Cecilia Mojzes
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 102 families put it first for 90 places – 11 for every 10 places. 86% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 9 · 2025 11 · 2026 11
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 270
- % eligible for free school meals: 38.9%
- Pupil mix: 8 in 10 (less mixed than the Newham average)
- English as an additional language: 95% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 19.3% a year (Newham 14.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 28% moved to another school, 72% 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: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 11.5%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Autism 14 places · 14 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: 10.8%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 42 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 18 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 11 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 34 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 3 pupils
- Physical disability: 2 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 81% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 12% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Newham average (76%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 81% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 81%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 83% · Writing 82% · Maths 84% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 82%
- Average test scores: reading 108, maths 107
- Based on: 111 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 25th of 66 junior and primary schools in the area
- =23Curwen Primary School82%
- =23St Winefride's RC Primary School82%
- =25Essex Primary School81%
- =25Sir John Heron Primary School81%
- =25Southern Road Primary School81%
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5th of 52 primary schools in Newham for Ofsted rating
- #3Curwen Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #4Earlham Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #5Essex Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #6Gallions Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #7Hallsville Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,062 (2024-25)
52nd of 62 primary schools in Newham for spending per pupil
- #50Portway Primary School£8,110
- #51Hartley Primary School£8,075
- #52Essex Primary School£8,062
- #53St Stephen's Primary School£7,976
- #54Southern Road Primary School£7,816
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