Cleves Primary School
Arragon Road, East Ham, London, E6 1QP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE BOLEYN TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Liza Christofides
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sponsor
- Boleyn Trust
- SEN provision
- MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- East Ham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 524
- Pupils on roll
- 469
- URN
- 143882
- Local authority
- Newham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02084726298
About this school
Cleves Primary School is a primary academy in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 469 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching
- Exceptional
- Achievement
- Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Exceptional
- Leadership and governance
- Exceptional
- Early years
- Exceptional
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 57 | 58 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 91% | 93% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 26% | 28% | 20% |
| Expected standard in reading | 95% | 97% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 96% | 95% | 91% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 95% | 97% | 89% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 109.0 | 113.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 109.0 | 112.0 | 112.0 |
| Reading progress | +2.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Cleves Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Newham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 91% | 69.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 93% | 72.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 84% | 74.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 10.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 495 |
| 2023/24 | 485 |
| 2024/25 | 474 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cleves Primary School compares
Cleves Primary School ranked 16th of 67 primary schools in Newham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 84% | 7% | 36.8% | 469 | — |
| St Edward's Catholic Primary School | 80% | 5% | 35.2% | 431 | 0.3 miles |
| Hartley Primary School | 65% | 8.3% | 44.7% | 502 | 0.3 miles |
| St Stephen's Primary School | 89% | 4.2% | 33.2% | 618 | 0.3 miles |
| Central Park Primary School | 76% | 7.7% | 30.8% | 879 | 0.4 miles |
| Shaftesbury Primary School | 89% | 6.2% | 28.5% | 640 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.84%
- English as an additional language
- 81.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.97%
- Persistent absence
- 21.74%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Edward's Catholic Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Hartley Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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St Stephen's Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Central Park Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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Shaftesbury Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Cleves Primary School ranks 177th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Acton Gardens Primary School Primary
- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
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- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
- Akiva School Primary
- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
- Alexander McLeod Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Cleves Primary School teach?
- Cleves Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Cleves Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cleves Primary School is Ms Liza Christofides, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cleves Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cleves Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Cleves Primary School?
- Cleves Primary School has 469 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cleves Primary School full?
- Cleves Primary School has capacity for 524 pupils and 469 on roll (90%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cleves Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cleves Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cleves Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cleves Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Cleves Primary School?
- Cleves Primary School is part of THE BOLEYN TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Cleves Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Cleves Primary School's special educational needs provision as: MSI - Multi-Sensory Impairment; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Cleves Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 91% in 2022/23 and 84% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cleves Primary School rank locally?
- Cleves Primary School ranked 16th of 67 primary schools in Newham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cleves Primary School's absence rate?
- Cleves Primary School's overall absence rate is 7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cleves Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cleves Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 2 July 2026.