Ranelagh Primary School
General Information
- Address: Corporation Street, Stratford, London, E15 3DN – View on map
- Phone: 02085344364
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Shella Lawrenson
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 31 families put it first for 35 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 10 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 99
- % eligible for free school meals: 39.4%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (similar to the Newham average)
- English as an additional language: 70% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 9.8% a year (Newham 14.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 33% moved to another school, 67% 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: 16.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- Resourced provision for Autism 21 places · 21 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: 10.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 19.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 26 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 1 pupil
- Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 38 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 3 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
- Profound and multiple learning difficulty: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 77% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 28% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: in line with the Newham average (76%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 80% against an expected 60%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 80%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 81% · Writing 77% · Maths 86% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 86%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 111
- Based on: 43 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 34th of 66 junior and primary schools in the area
- =32Grange Primary School78%
- =34Lathom Junior School77%
- =34Ranelagh Primary School77%
- =34Sandringham Primary School77%
- =34St Francis' Catholic Primary School77%
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35th of 52 primary schools in Newham for Ofsted rating
- #33Park Primary SchoolGood
- #34Plaistow Primary SchoolGood
- #35Ranelagh Primary SchoolGood
- #36Ravenscroft Primary SchoolGood
- #37Roman Road Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,203 (2024-25)
5th of 62 primary schools in Newham for spending per pupil
- #3Carpenters Primary School£11,486
- #4Oasis School 360£11,381
- #5Ranelagh Primary School£11,203
- #6Stratford Manor Primary School & Nursery£10,951
- #7St Francis' Catholic Primary School£10,888
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