New City Primary School
General Information
- Address: Tunmarsh Lane, Plaistow, London, E13 9NE – View on map
- Phone: 02084722743
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Mary Bull
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 48 families put it first for 48 places – 10 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 2 of the 48 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 9 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 156
- % eligible for free school meals: 28.2%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (similar to the Newham average)
- English as an additional language: 65% (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 55% moved to another school, 45% 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: 5.6%
- Persistently absent pupils: 18.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 10.7%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 5.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 19 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 18 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 4 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 28 pupils
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Outstanding 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 84% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 11% (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 82% against an expected 64%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 82%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 87% · Writing 84% · Maths 83% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 87%
- Average test scores: reading 110, maths 107
- Based on: 82 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
- =16Cleves Primary School84%
- =16Earlham Primary School84%
- =16New City Primary School84%
- =19Kaizen Primary School83%
- =19Monega Primary School83%
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11th of 52 primary schools in Newham for Ofsted rating
- #9Keir Hardie Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #10Monega Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #11New City Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #12Portway Primary SchoolOutstanding
- #13Rosetta Primary SchoolOutstanding
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £7,420 (2024-25)
59th of 62 primary schools in Newham for spending per pupil
- #57St Antony's Catholic Primary School£7,653
- #58Monega Primary School£7,626
- #59New City Primary School£7,420
- #60Shaftesbury Primary School£7,262
- #61Vicarage Primary School£7,224
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