Gainsborough Primary School
Primary schoolGainsborough Primary School is a primary school in Newham, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 198 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Gainsborough Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 76% in Newham and 62% in England.
11% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Newham | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 76% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 11% | 16% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 107 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 108 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Eastlea Community SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, May 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 46.3 (2025/26, provisional)350 m
- Star Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, October 2022. 70% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)440 m
- Ranelagh Primary SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Grange Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), December 2022. 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)750 m
- St Helen's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), December 2022. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)790 m
- Stratford Manor Primary School & NurseryPrimary. School remains Good, June 2023. 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)840 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newham
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).