Vicarage Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Newham·E6 6AD
Composite score
86.4
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#389
National rank
#139
In London
#10
In Newham
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
88%
% achieving higher RWM
25%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
114.0
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%
85 first choices, 86 places
First choices per place
0.99
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
188
any preference, for 86 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.8920230.9720240.9720250.992026

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

Every child who put Vicarage 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
876
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
83.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,224
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Vicarage Primary School is a primary school serving London, Newham, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 876 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Vicarage Primary School 'Outstanding'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 88% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 2.0 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 among the top 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 114 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 25% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Vicarage Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 85 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 22.5 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% 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. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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