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Royal Wharf Primary School

PrimaryAges 3–11Free school

Newham, E16 2ZA · Newham local authority

Newham’s School Grade A better than 93% of towns in England

Getting in
59/77
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
439 pupils
93% of its 472 places
Free school meals
27%
27 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Royal Wharf Primary School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Ofsted: Good, September 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 77% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (59 of 77)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (E16 2) sold for a median £487,500; Newham’s is £447,500
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Royal Wharf Primary School?

77% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

77
families put it first for September 2026
60
places offered
77%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
2020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2020 (10), 2021 (27), 2022 (49), 2023 (44), 2024 (33), 2025 (38), 2026 (18). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Britannia Education Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Newham council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools in Newham, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places · the 10 most in demand

1.38 per place
72% got their first choice
1.36 per place
72% got their first choice
1.33 per place
70% got their first choice
1.32 per place
73% got their first choice
Royal Wharf Primary
1.28 per place
77% got their first choice
1.20 per place
80% got their first choice
1.20 per place
82% got their first choice
1.15 per place
83% got their first choice
1.14 per place
85% got their first choice
1.13 per place
86% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

387 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
7.2%England 15.3%
EHC plan
3.1%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
74.2%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
24.4%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Royal Wharf Primary School

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, September 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Royal Wharf Primary School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in E16 2, the school’s postcode sector

Newham property prices →
£487,500
median sale, 1,029 sales in 36 months · Newham £447,500

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£300K£400K£500K£600K2010201520202025E16 2Newham
E16 2Newham

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Terraced
£475K
Flat
£488K
E16 2Newham

Homes in E16 2 sell for a little over Newham’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

33 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNA−B−AB+A−B−A+B−C+AB+AB+A+BB−BA+B−A−A+B−C−AB−A+B+A+AC−BBRoyal Wharf Primary School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Newham, E16 2ZA

Royal Wharf Primary School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Royal Wharf Primary School?

For September 2026, 77 families put Royal Wharf Primary School first and 59 of them were offered a place; 60 places were offered in all.

What is Royal Wharf Primary School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (September 2023).

How much do houses cost near Royal Wharf Primary School?

Homes in its postcode sector, E16 2, sold for a median £487,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (1,029 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Newham’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.