St Michael's Catholic Primary School
General Information
- Address: Howard Road, East Ham, London, E6 6EE – View on map
- Phone: 02084723964
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Natasha Scott
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 29 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. 1 of the 29 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2025 10 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Roman Catholic
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 44
- % eligible for free school meals: 23.8%
- Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (similar to the Newham average)
- English as an additional language: 55% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 10.4% a year (Newham 14.5%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 100% moved to another school, 0% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (one year, 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. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
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: 4.4%
- Persistently absent pupils: 15.2%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 7.3%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.5%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2023 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 81% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 19% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 5 percentage points above the Newham average (76%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 72% against an expected 68%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 72%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 89% · Writing 85% · Maths 93% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 93%
- Average test scores: reading 109, maths 110
- Based on: 27 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
- =25Sir John Heron Primary School81%
- =25Southern Road Primary School81%
- =25St Michael's Catholic Primary School81%
- =29Colegrave Primary School80%
- =29Dersingham Primary School80%
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47th of 52 primary schools in Newham for Ofsted rating
- #45St James' CofE Primary SchoolGood
- #46St Luke's Primary SchoolGood
- #47St Michael's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
- #48St Winefride's RC Primary SchoolGood
- #49Star Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £8,474 (2024-25)
43rd of 62 primary schools in Newham for spending per pupil
- #41Elmhurst Primary School£8,489
- #42Winsor Primary School£8,488
- #43St Michael's Catholic Primary School£8,474
- #44Park Primary School£8,460
- #45Kaizen Primary School£8,455
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