Primary
Shaftesbury Primary School
Shaftesbury Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8PF
Key facts
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 640 of 630 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.3
- Local authority
- Newham
- Nursery
- Yes
- Trust
- THE BOLEYN TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 61.1
- Pupils per adult
- 10.2
- Pupils
- 626
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected November 2025
- AchievementExceptional
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Curriculum and teachingExceptional
- Early yearsExceptional
- InclusionStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
November 2021
Ungraded inspection
Outstanding
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SATs results
89%
17 points above the London average (72% across 924 schools)
109.0
1.7 above the London average (107.3 across 924 schools)
144th of 924 by our score, among the primary schools in London we can score - 1014 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 109 |
| Average reading score | 109 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 89% |
| Working at a higher standard | 22% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time3 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 82% |
| 23/24 | 85% |
| 24/25 | 89% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 109.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 110.0 |
| 23/24 | 110.0 |
| 24/25 | 109.0 |
Shaftesbury Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8PF
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Newham admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Alma Begum
- Address
- Shaftesbury Road, Forest Gate, London, E7 8PF
- Telephone
- 02084720761