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How far Newham schools admitted from

For every oversubscribed school, Newham publishes how far away the last child offered a place lived. This is that figure for 28 schools, tightest first. A short distance means a school that fills up close to its gates; a long one means places went further afield.

28schools with a published figure
0.75 mithe middle school's distance
24filled within a mile

The tightest is Royal Wharf Primary School at 0.2 miles in 2025/26; the most far-reaching, Sarah Bonnell School, admitted from 3.87 miles.

Primary schools

School Ofsted Admitted from Round How full
Royal Wharf Primary School London Good 0.2 mi 2025/26 93%
William Davies Primary School London No current grade 0.32 mi 2025/26 82%
Cleves Primary School London No current grade 0.33 mi 2025/26 90%
St Stephen's Primary School London Outstanding 0.37 mi 2025/26 98%
Earlham Primary School London Outstanding 0.4 mi 2025/26 107%
Sandringham Primary School London No current grade 0.4 mi 2025/26 98%
Essex Primary School London No current grade 0.41 mi 2025/26 92%
Elmhurst Primary School London Outstanding 0.43 mi 2025/26 98%
Hallsville Primary School London Outstanding 0.47 mi 2025/26 110%
Sheringham Primary School London Outstanding 0.65 mi 2025/26 87%
Kensington Primary School London No current grade 0.67 mi 2025/26 100%
Woodgrange Infant School London No current grade 0.72 mi 2025/26 105%
Britannia Village Primary School London Good 0.75 mi 2025/26 89%
Ellen Wilkinson Primary School London Good 0.78 mi 2025/26 91%
Park Primary School London Good 0.79 mi 2025/26 92%
Star Primary School London No current grade 0.81 mi 2025/26 78%
Curwen Primary School London Outstanding 0.9 mi 2025/26 96%
Gallions Primary School London Outstanding 0.95 mi 2025/26 67%
Portway Primary School London No current grade 0.96 mi 2025/26 61%
Brampton Primary School London Outstanding 1.0 mi 2025/26 97%

Secondary schools

School Ofsted Admitted from Round How full
Harris Academy Chobham London No current grade 0.58 mi 2025/26 115%
St Bonaventure's RC School London Outstanding 0.69 mi 2025/26 104%
Brampton Manor Academy London No current grade 0.82 mi 2025/26 146%
Forest Gate Community School London No current grade 0.82 mi 2025/26 99%
Little Ilford School London Good 0.98 mi 2025/26 99%
St Angela's Ursuline School London Outstanding 1.85 mi 2025/26 98%
Oasis Academy Silvertown London No current grade 2.04 mi 2025/26 85%
Sarah Bonnell School London Good 3.87 mi 2025/26 89%

Reading the numbers

These are not catchment areas: most English schools have none. Each figure is the distance from the school to the home of the furthest child who was offered a place under the distance criterion in that round, as Newham measures it, which is usually a straight line from a fixed point at the home to one at the school. Looked-after children, siblings and, at faith schools, faith criteria come before distance, so a school can fill before distance is reached at all. The figure moves every year with the number of applications. How the whole process works →

Checking an address against these

Each school's page has a checker that measures a postcode against that school's distance. The full property report measures every nearby school at once, alongside sold prices, flood risk and the rest of the house.

Admission distances published by Newham. School details and grades from the Department for Education's register and Ofsted. If a figure looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.