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State primary · 3 to 11 · Mixed · Roman Catholic · 206 pupils

St Michael's Catholic Primary School

Howard Road, East Ham, London, E6 6EE · Newham
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET IN? · RECEPTION 2027

In 2026 offers reached 0.79 miles. Enter your postcode to see where your home falls.

Bars: how far the last place offered reached each year. Check your postcode and each year turns green where a place reached your home. Source: London Borough of Newham offer-day figures, 2023 to 2026.

Free, no account needed. Your postcode is used for this check and not kept.
Ofsted: School remains Good · March 2023Top 38% (25/66)Fewer first choices than places (2026)
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Summary

The key facts, in one place
Primary (key stage 2) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. In England: 1,551st of 14,817 on the same figure. Band: Top 38%.
Top 38% (25/66)Rank among 66 Newham primaries with results, 2025 results (reading, writing and maths)
See the Newham league table →
Inspection
School remains Good, March 2023
Results
81% expected standard; 19% higher standard
Size
206 pupils; 29 places a year; classes of 23
Faith
Roman Catholic
Run by
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
3 to 11 · Mixed
Strengths, and things to check
  • Expected standard: 81%, against 76% in Newham.
  • Higher standard: 19%, against 16% in Newham.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 1.4, against 0.1 in Newham.
  • A faith school: read its admission policy for any priority by faith.
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At a glance

Against Newham and England
This schoolNewhamEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Expected standardThe share of Year 6 pupils who reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, from the key stage 2 tests and teacher assessment.
81%
Better than Newham
Higher standardThe share who reached the higher standard in all three. A small year group can swing this a lot from one year to the next.
19%
Better than Newham
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
4.3%
Better than Newham
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
15.2%
Better than Newham
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
1.4
Worse than Newham
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
22.6
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
21%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
13.8
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Reception place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
In line with Newham
Newham and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state primary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Where these figures come from →

Overview

Getting in

  • A Roman Catholic school: its admissions policy may give priority by faith. DfE, Get Information about Schools
  • 27 families put it first for 29 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Reception 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • School remains Good Ofsted · inspected 14 March 2023
  • Reading, writing and maths: expected standard: 81% (England 62%) (county 76%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025
  • Reading, writing and maths: higher standard: 19% (England 8%) (county 16%) DfE school performance tables · 2024/2025

Daily life

  • Absence: 4.3% of sessions missed; 15% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 5.3% and 13% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 1 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 1); 0 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 22.6 pupils; 0.0% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 13.8 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 99 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 180 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (1 fatal, 25 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 19.7 µg/m³, PM2.5 9.8 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust, with 8 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined June 2024
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 June 2024 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced St Michael's Catholic Primary School (URN 102773) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2024

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Reception. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. What the last distance means →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Reception2026307729——
Reception2025305812——
Reception2024307622——
Reception2023307727—0.79

Source: Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Newham, 2023 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Reception202629277727
Reception202512125812

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2025 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Reading, writing and maths: expected standard81%62%76%2024/2025
Reading, writing and maths: higher standard19%8%16%2024/2025

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2024/2025.

League table place

TableLeague rank
Primary (key stage 2)Top 38% (25/66)

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
14 March 2023Ungraded visitSchool remains Good

Source: Ofsted, 2023.

Results before and after it became an academy

PeriodYearResult
Before it converted2022/2023Reading, writing and maths 69.0%
Year it converted2023/2024Reading, writing and maths 65.0%
Since2024/2025Reading, writing and maths 81.0%

Source: DfE school performance tables (the earlier school's results are DfE's, under its URN). Different pupils each year, and a change of school type is rarely the only thing that changed.

Newham league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/254.3%2.7%1.6%15%1.7%
Schools with a similar intake5.3%13%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (20-30%), the median of 3218 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/251.40.9%30
Schools with a similar intake1.3

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size22.62025/26
Classes over 30 pupils0.0%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher13.8November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus99

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
202523
202432
202330
202247
202148

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 25 serious and 1 fatal in all; 41 involved a pedestrian, 25 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO219.72024
PM1016.22024
PM259.82024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals21%2025/26
First language other than English55%2025/26
SEN support7.3%2025/26
Education, health and care plan0.5%2025/26
Girls51%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust, with 8 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined June 2024
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 June 2024 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced St Michael's Catholic Primary School (URN 102773) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 April 2024

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: London Borough of Newham
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables (the earlier school's results are DfE's, under its URN)
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in London and the Newham league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.