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St Joachim's Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · E16 3DT

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 2 December 2025 · report published 21 January 2026

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At a glance

345 pupils · 82% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
36.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
82.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
16.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.st-joachims.newham.sch.uk/
URN
141927

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 33 families named it first for 34 Reception places, 0.97 first choices per place. We hold 9 Reception admissions rounds for it, 2018 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 2 December 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.3% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.97 first-choice applications per place

34 places offered · 33 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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
66%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
3%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
104
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
105
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 school66%
Median of its 12 closest peers68.5%
Newham average76%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with 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
Westbourne Primary SchoolBradford · 176 miles awayNo current grade55%
George Betts Primary AcademySmethwick · 110 miles awayGood80%
Chalkhill Primary SchoolWembley · 13 miles awayGood66%
Anson Primary SchoolLondon · 11 miles awayGood68%
Brettenham Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood72%
Dairy Meadow Primary SchoolSouthall · 17 miles awayGood82%
Brackenhill Primary SchoolBradford · 174 miles awayGood (2019)79%
North Mead Primary AcademyLeicester · 92 miles awayGood69%
Lime Academy AbbotsmedePeterborough · 75 miles awayExpected standard57%
Lilycroft Primary SchoolBradford · 176 miles awayGood70%
Horton Mill Community Primary SchoolOldham · 166 miles awayRequires improvement47%
Rood End Primary SchoolOldbury · 110 miles awayRequires improvement50%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Black African 44% (Newham 10%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 11% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Any other Black background 10% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Any other White background 10% (Newham 12%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 9% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 3% (Newham 13%, England 4%) · White British 3% (Newham 5%, England 60%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Newham 2%, England 1%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Newham 4%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 2% (Newham 11%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Newham 24%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Newham 0%, England 0%) · 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)
3.3%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.11 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
19
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

94% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.3 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 £56,016; 31.2% 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 (2024-25)

This school£9,206
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 76% (77%) · premises 3% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £115,000; in-year balance +£188,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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 higher34.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.6%18.1%
Residents in very good health50.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier32%62.3%
Social housing38.7%17.1%
Privately rented29.2%20.5%
Detached houses8.7%22.9%
Flats26.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms9.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van45.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003512 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£418,000518 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£335,000–£470,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (16)£412,500
Terraced (124)£423,000
Flat (375)£400,000

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
8an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
9an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
43an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
8an 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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