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St Antony's Catholic Primary School, London

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Roman Catholic
Ages 2–11

St Antony's Catholic Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 2 to 11 in London, part of Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust. It has a Roman Catholic religious character. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 36th-highest of the 959 schools in London with published results, and 247th of 14,452 across England. It was 92% full in 2025.

SATs results
Above England average
Demand
Every first choice offered
Attendance
In line with England
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Reception applications for September 2027 close in 81 days

Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Newham (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.

Data last updated 26 Oct 2026

St Antony's Catholic Primary School in detail

St Antony's Catholic Primary School in its own words

In its own words: "At St. Antony’s Catholic Primary School We Celebrate Our Special Talents as Children of God Therefore: ⦁ We try to be like Jesus and always keep him in our hearts. ⦁ We work together in our homes, school and parish to share our gifts and learn together. ⦁ We understand that we are all different and we respect each other."

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care.

Vision and values (school website)Wraparound care (school website)

Source: The school's own website

Results

In 2025, 97% of Year 6 pupils at St Antony's Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 97% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 83% and 85% in Newham and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (97% in reading, 97% in maths).

Getting a place at St Antony's Catholic Primary School

For September 2026 entry, 36 families put St Antony's Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 118 named it as one of their preferences, for 50 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Admissions history and your chances at St Antony's Catholic Primary School

Compared with nearby schools

The nearest other state primary schools to St Antony's Catholic Primary School are Elmhurst Primary School (0.2 miles, Outstanding, 92% reading, 95% maths); Selwyn Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 90% reading, 88% maths); Park Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 76% reading, 83% maths); and Upton Cross Primary School (0.4 miles, Good, 69% reading, 86% maths).

St Antony's Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Elmhurst Primary SchoolSelwyn Primary SchoolPark Primary SchoolUpton Cross Primary School

The trust

St Antony's Catholic Primary School is one of 8 schools run by Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 78% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

All 8 schools in Our Lady of Grace Catholic Academy Trust

What parents say

53 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Antony's Catholic Primary School (as of September 2025): 96% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 87% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (100%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (87%).

Who goes there

33.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 67.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (57%), Asian (16%) and Mixed (11%).

In 2026, 88 pupils (20.5%) received SEN support and 9 (2.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a moderate learning difficulty.

Getting there

The nearest Underground station is Upton Park Underground Station, about 890 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Upton Avenue, 130 metres away.

The area around the school

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Antony's Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

Suspensions and exclusions

St Antony's Catholic Primary School recorded no suspensions or permanent exclusions in 2024/25.

Secondary schools nearby

The secondary schools closest to St Antony's Catholic Primary School are Stratford School Academy (under 0.1 miles), St Bonaventure's RC School (0.1 miles), St Angela's Ursuline School (0.2 miles) and Lister Community School (0.6 miles).

Stratford School AcademySt Bonaventure's RC SchoolSt Angela's Ursuline SchoolLister Community School

Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics

Location

Key Information

DfE GIAS
Head:Mrs Angela Moore
Pupils:429
LA:Newham
Phone:02085523670
Address:Upton Avenue, Forest Gate, London, E7 9PN
Trust:OUR LADY OF GRACE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST (8 schools)
Status:open
Opened:1 September 2020

Ofsted Rating

Ofsted · 2 years ago
-

Overall

Good

Quality of Education

Outstanding

Behaviour & Attitudes

Outstanding

Personal Development

Good

Leadership & Management

Good

Early Years

Inspected 12 February 2025View full report

St Antony's Catholic Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in September 2020. Before that, as St Antony's Catholic Primary School (URN 131926), it was rated Good in January 2018.

URN:148025
UKPRN:10086855
Diocese:Diocese of Brentwood
Constituency:Stratford and Bow
Urban/Rural:Urban: Nearer to a major town or city

Ofsted Insights

From Ofsted's February 2025 inspection report.

What This School Does Well

St Antony's creates a warm, caring environment where children feel safe and are inspired to learn. The school excels at developing confident, well-rounded pupils through a wealth of enrichment opportunities and strong teaching in core subjects. Children's behaviour is exemplary due to the school's consistent high expectations and excellent personal development provision.

Key Strengths

  • Pupils' behaviour and attitudes are outstanding - they are polite, respectful and conduct themselves with maturity
  • Strong teaching and outcomes in English and mathematics with well-defined knowledge and skills
  • Exceptional provision for personal development that helps pupils become 'catalysts for meaningful change'
  • Excellent reading programme with strong phonics teaching and support for all learners
  • Inclusive approach ensuring pupils with SEND participate fully in school life

Areas for Improvement

  • Some wider curriculum subjects lack clearly defined knowledge and skills, meaning activities don't consistently match learning intentions
  • Safeguarding record-keeping needs to be more robust - the single central record checks are not rigorous enough
  • Incident and concern records are not systematic enough for easy accessibility
  • Governing body needs better oversight of wider curriculum impact on pupil outcomes

Safeguarding

Safeguarding arrangements are effective but require minor improvements, particularly in record-keeping and oversight of the single central record.

Extracurricular Activities

Drama club, orchestra, cheerleading, variety of sports, performances at Windsor Castle and the Globe Theatre, national song competitions, educational visits

St Antony's Catholic Primary School is a good school where pupils demonstrate exemplary behaviour and conduct themselves with maturity and respect. The school provides an ambitious curriculum with particularly strong outcomes in English and mathematics.

At a Glance

33.8%

Free School Meals

No

Boarding

Yes

Nursery

No

Sixth Form

No

Special Measures

What Parents Think

53 responses
Would recommend96%
Child is happy100%
Child does well96%
High expectations96%
Feels safe98%
Well behaved96%
Bullying dealt with (of parents with a view)87%
Kept informed96%
Handles concerns (of parents who raised one)93%
Wider development87%

Source: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree

Primary Performance (KS2)

Academic year 2024/25

KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)

2024
2025
ReadingMathsWriting+4pp

Reading has remained stable at around 97% (2024 to 2025). Maths has remained stable at around 97% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 93% to 97% (2024 to 2025).

How Does This School Compare?

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Before and after school care

Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near St Antony's Catholic Primary School.

  • Empower Youth Limited450m away · Not yet graded
  • Merit Tutors500m away · Not yet graded
  • Galaxy Tuition540m away · Not yet graded
  • THRIVE Tuition600m away · Not yet graded
  • Globe Youth Limited600m away · Not yet graded
  • Global Switch Professionals Childcare Centre600m away · Not yet graded

Getting There

Bus Stops

Upton Avenue (Stop B)
128m · 2 min walk
St George's Road (E7) (Stop W)
136m · 2 min walk
Stratford School (Stop V)
154m · 3 min walk
West Ham Park (Stop C)
210m · 3 min walk
Studley Road Forest Gate (Stop HH)
361m · 6 min walk

Free school transport

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Safety and surroundings

Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)

Collisions
98
Fatal
0
Serious
9
Children hurt
11

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 98 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 89 slight.

11 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 8 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise.

21 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.

The typical figure for schools in Newham is 110 (the median across 113 schools, same distance and years).

Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Capacity & Demand

School Occupancy

92%

Near capacity

386 pupils

420 places

34 spare places in 2025

2025, DfE school capacity data

Area Demand Pressure - London

Low pressure
New homes approved:114,409
Projected new pupils:28,602

Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for London

Across Newham council

Low demand council-wide0.84 applications per place

Places available

4,725

Applications

3,960

Got 1st preference

91.3%

Got preferred school

98.6%

All primary applications across Newham council (2026/27), not just this school.

This school: Every first choice offered

Inspection History(2)

12 February 2025
Quality of EducationGood
Behaviour & AttitudesOutstanding
Personal DevelopmentOutstanding
Leadership & ManagementGood
Early YearsGood
3 July 2023

Ungraded inspection: The school remains Good and may be improving; its next inspection will be a full graded one.

SEND & SEN Provision

SEN Overview

88

SEN Support

9

EHC Plans

22.6%

of Total Pupils

2026 academic year

Provision & Specialist Facilities

No specialist provision recorded

Pupils by Need Type

Moderate Learning Difficulty52
Autistic Spectrum Disorder18
Speech, Language & Communication12
Social, Emotional & Mental Health5
Hearing Impairment3
Severe Learning Difficulty2
Specific Learning Difficulty1
Profound & Multiple LD1
EHC Plan
SEN Support

Pupil Demographics

Ethnicity

White British
1.2%
Asian
16.1%
Black
56.5%
Mixed
10.5%
Chinese
0.2%
Other
6.5%
Unclassified
1.4%

2026 academic year

Key Indicators

Free School Meals33.8%
English as Additional Language67.8%

429

Total Pupils

207

Boys

222

Girls

2026 academic year

Workforce

17

Teachers

25.2:1

Pupil-teacher ratio

£59,021

Mean salary

2026 data

School Funding

£6,438

Per pupil

£2878k

Total funding

£223k

Pupil premium

Deprivation£354,764
EAL funding£105,045
Lump sum£163,682

2025-26 financial year allocations

Pupil Absence
2024/25

4.9%

Overall absence

12.1%

Persistent absence

354

Enrolments

Authorised4.4%
Unauthorised0.5%
Persistent (10%+)12.1%
Severe (50%+)2.0%

Absence trend

2.9%
20/21
4.2%
21/22
5.0%
22/23
4.9%
23/24
4.9%
24/25
Overall absence rate

Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.

Questions parents ask about St Antony's Catholic Primary School

What are SATs results like at St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

Of the pupils at St Antony's Catholic Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 97% reached the expected standard in reading and 97% did so in maths.

What is St Antony's Catholic Primary School's Ofsted rating?

St Antony's Catholic Primary School has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in September 2020. Before that, as St Antony's Catholic Primary School (URN 131926), it was rated Good in January 2018.

What is the catchment area for St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

No fixed boundary. When St Antony's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed, Newham allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.

Is it hard to get a place at St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

St Antony's Catholic Primary School was not full in 2025: it ran at 92% of its 420 places.

How many pupils go to St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

St Antony's Catholic Primary School has around 429 pupils on roll. 34% are eligible for free school meals.

What is attendance like at St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

4.9% of sessions were missed at St Antony's Catholic Primary School in 2024/25. 12.1% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).

How do I apply to St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

Apply through Newham's coordinated admissions process, naming St Antony's Catholic Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.

Does St Antony's Catholic Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?

Ofsted's childcare register lists 6 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of St Antony's Catholic Primary School: Empower Youth Limited (450m away, registered, not yet graded), Merit Tutors (500m away, registered, not yet graded) and Galaxy Tuition (540m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.

How many road collisions happen near St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 98 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 9 serious and 89 slight. 11 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 8 on foot and 3 in a vehicle or otherwise. 21 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Newham is 110 (the median across 113 schools, same distance and years).

Where is St Antony's Catholic Primary School?

St Antony's Catholic Primary School is at Upton Avenue, Forest Gate, London, E7 9PN.

Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)

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