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Tollgate Primary School

Primary · London · E13 8SA

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 7 December 2022

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At a glance

426 pupils · 101% of 420 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
41.4% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
75.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
7.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.tollgate.boleyntrust.org
URN
143881

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 51 families named it first for 56 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2018 entry went to 1.222 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 9 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2018 to 2026. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 7 December 2022, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

56 places offered · 51 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 (2018 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 1.222 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
37%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
112
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers62.5%
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
Marion Richardson Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayOutstanding64%
Cyril Jackson Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood65%
Coston Primary SchoolGreenford · 17 miles awayNo current grade58%
Green Lane Primary SchoolBradford · 175 miles awayGood48%
Arnhem Wharf Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood60%
Fleecefield Primary SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayGood63%
Devonshire Junior AcademySmethwick · 109 miles awayExpected standard71%
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolEdmonton · 8 miles awayGood53%
Co-op Academy PrincevilleBradford · 174 miles awayGood41%
North Beckton Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayGood74%
Old Palace Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood75%
Harlesden Primary SchoolLondon · 13 miles awayExpected standard62%

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

Special educational needs

Needs this school records that it caters for, in the order it lists them.

Provision type: Resourced provision.

Resourced provision
14 of 14 places taken full, or over capacity

Unit places come from the school census and describe the position when it was taken, not today. Confirm with the local authority before relying on them.

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 24% (Newham 12%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 20% (Newham 24%, England 2%) · Black African 16% (Newham 10%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · White British 7% (Newham 5%, England 60%) · Asian Pakistani 7% (Newham 11%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 5% (Newham 5%, England 3%) · Asian Indian 4% (Newham 13%, England 4%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (Newham 3%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Newham 1%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Newham 4%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Newham 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Newham 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Newham 1%, England 2%)

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)
4.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.2%
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
21.4
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 27% left the state-funded sector

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)

15% of teachers took sickness absence, 0.8 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 £55,719; 16.7% 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£12,287
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 15% (9%) · educational supplies 8% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (2%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £0; in-year balance +£508,000

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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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher30.4%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications25.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways30.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier36.6%62.3%
Social housing38.3%17.1%
Privately rented23.9%20.5%
Detached houses5.5%22.9%
Flats32.7%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van47.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01003601 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£415,000389 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£360,000–£458,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (23)£440,000
Terraced (297)£425,000
Flat (66)£295,000

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
9an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
19an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
142an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
15an 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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