Carpenters Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Newham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.587 miles
Published by Newham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2024–2026 (miles)
Carpenters Primary School is a primary school in London, Newham for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 29 April 2025. Newham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Carpenters Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.587 mi |
| Reception 2025 | Not published |
| Reception 2024 | 2.98 mi |
| Reception 2023 | Not published |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | Not published |
| Reception 2019 | Not published |
| Reception 2018 | Not published |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.587 miles away, the 8th shortest of 25 Newham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 29 first-choice applications for 30 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 13% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths (England 8%), while 62% met the expected standard (England 62%).
- The school has 19.5 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Newham.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Newham schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Friendship Way, Stratford, London, E15 2JQ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Newham
- Pupils on roll
- 306 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 42.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 29 April 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are valued and well cared for.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are warm and respectful.”
- “Classrooms are calm and purposeful.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects where the curriculum has been recently reviewed, sometimes teaching does not align closely with the school’s intended sequence of learning.”
- “As a result, pupils sometimes struggle to recall prior knowledge or make secure connections in their learning.”
- “In a small number of instances, curriculum teaching is not adapted well enough to help these pupils learn as successfully as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 62% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 29 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Newham.
- Oasis School 360 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Stratford Manor Primary School & Nursery 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- West Ham Church Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ranelagh Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Colegrave Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Francis' Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Gainsborough Primary School 1.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Park Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published