Gainsborough Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · London, Newham
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Newham Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
All: every applicant was offered a place.
Gainsborough Primary School is a primary school in London, Newham for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 14 January 2025. Newham has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Gainsborough 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2024 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2023 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2021 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2020 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2019 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2018 | Every applicant was offered a place |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Here 52% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (middle figure 37.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Newham), and there are 26.6 pupils per teacher against 17.4 for those schools.
- Every applicant for Reception 2026 was offered a place, as at 37 of the 63 other Newham primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 25 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 67% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- 10-14 Gainsborough Road, Stratford, London, E15 3AF
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Newham
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 14 January 2025
Strengths
- “Staff are very ambitious for all pupils.”
- “Pupils achieve well across the curriculum because staff have high expectations for them.”
- “The school places a strong emphasis on developing pupils’ resilience, which permeates school life.”
To improve
- “However, sometimes the checking of what pupils know and remember is not sharp enough.”
- “This means that some pupils have gaps in their learning.”
- “In addition, in the early years, some adults do not model language and sentence structure effectively enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 February 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) | 67% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 25 offers in total, 24 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.
- Star Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ranelagh Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Grange Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Helen's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stratford Manor Primary School & Nursery 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Curwen Primary School 0.7 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Ravenscroft Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Portway Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published