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St Luke's Primary School

Primary · London · E16 1JB

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 6 November 2019

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At a glance

208 pupils · 87% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England/Christian
Free school meals
39.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
76.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-lukes.newham.sch.uk/
URN
102766

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 22 families named it first for 25 Reception places, 0.88 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 0.851 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Good on 6 November 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.88 first-choice applications per place

25 places offered · 22 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.851 miles

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

24 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
33%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers63%
Newham average76%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Holy Name Roman Catholic Primary School ManchesterManchester · 165 miles awayOutstanding73%
St Anne's Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · 187 miles awayNeeds attention59%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and NurseryLiverpool · 181 miles awayNo current grade66%
Broadmere Primary AcademyWoking · 26 miles awayGood59%
Viking Primary SchoolNortholt · 18 miles awayGood64%
St Michael at Bowes CofE Junior SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood71%
St John and St James CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayExpected standard66%
Petts Hill Primary SchoolNortholt · 16 miles awayGood61%
Northview Junior and Infant SchoolLondon · 12 miles awayExpected standard64%
Edale Rise Primary & Nursery SchoolNottingham · 111 miles awayGood62%
Burnley St Peter's Church of England Primary SchoolBurnley · 184 miles awayGood53%
Holy Trinity Primary SchoolBury · 173 miles awayGood37%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 38% (Newham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Any other White background 11% (Newham 12%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 11% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 6% (Newham 11%, England 5%) · Black Caribbean 5% (Newham 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 4% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Newham 24%, England 2%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · White British 1% (Newham 5%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 1% (Newham 13%, England 4%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Newham 0%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.8%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Newham: 0.29 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 11% moved to another state school · 11% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

40% of teachers took sickness absence, 4.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £64,269; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£9,996
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 72% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 14% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 11% (3%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £61,142; in-year balance +£48,330

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher35.9%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work18.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways35.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier17.4%62.3%
Social housing60.8%17.1%
Privately rented21%20.5%
Detached houses3.5%22.9%
Flats72.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms7.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034208 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£439,500909 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£355,000–£530,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (5)£380,000
Terraced (97)£455,000
Flat (807)£437,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
21an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
180an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
26an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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