Sheringham Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Newham·E12 5PB
Composite score
49.1
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National rank
#1283
In London
#59
In Newham
Top 52%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
67 first choices, 71 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
161
any preference, for 71 places
Applications from another council area
11%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0620221.0420231.3120241.0320250.942026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Sheringham Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
603
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
42.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
82.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,592
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About Sheringham Primary School

Sheringham Primary School is a primary school in London, Newham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 603 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 9.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sheringham Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 67 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.8%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 42% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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