Shaftesbury Primary School
Primary schoolShaftesbury Primary School is a primary school in Newham, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 640 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, November 2025: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 11 November 2025
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Exceptional
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
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, 89% of pupils at Shaftesbury Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 76% in Newham and 62% in England.
22% 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 | 89% | 76% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 22% | 16% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109 | 107 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109 | 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- St Stephen's Primary SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), October 2023. 89% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)250 m
- Grangewood Independent SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file270 m
- St Stephen's Nursery SchoolNursery. School remains Outstanding, February 2024270 m
- Madaniyah FoundationIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file310 m
- William Davies Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 61% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)420 m
- Elmhurst Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, February 2026: safeguarding met. 92% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)590 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).