Contested schools in Newham

These are the Newham schools that turned first-choice families away in at least one of the last three years — either because more families named them first than they had places, or because they refused families who named them first anyway. Figures shown are for 2026/27. Demand is not a forecast: an oversubscribed school turns more families away, which is not the same as their appeals succeeding more often.

Appeal success rates for Newham

Secondary schools (6)

Each has its own page with a 12-year demand history.

Contested secondary schools in Newham, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Brampton Manor Academy	434	1,161	2.68
School 21	31	38	1.23
Forest Gate Community School	260	313	1.20
Harris Academy Chobham	113	122	1.08
Oasis Academy Silvertown	123	104	0.85
St Angela's Ursuline School	190	150	0.79

Primary schools (23)

Primary schools are listed here as figures rather than pages. Most refusals at the Reception intake are infant class size cases, where a panel can only act on three narrow grounds and fewer than one in ten appeals succeeds — so the honest thing to publish is the data, not a page inviting an appeal.

Contested primary schools in Newham, 2026/27
School	Places	First choices	Per place
Hallsville Primary School	60	83	1.38
St Stephen's Primary School	90	122	1.36
Gallions Primary School	60	80	1.33
Elmhurst Primary School	120	158	1.32
Royal Wharf Primary School	60	77	1.28
Sandringham Primary School	120	144	1.20
St Helen's Catholic Primary School	60	72	1.20
Ellen Wilkinson Primary School	60	69	1.15
Brampton Primary School	119	136	1.14
Essex Primary School	90	102	1.13
Cleves Primary School	60	67	1.12
Portway Primary School	60	67	1.12
Earlham Primary School	60	65	1.08
Colegrave Primary School	90	94	1.04
Harris Academy Chobham	90	93	1.03
St Francis' Catholic Primary School	31	32	1.03
School 360	60	61	1.02
Curwen Primary School	90	91	1.01
St Winefride's RC Primary School	21	21	1
Sheringham Primary School	71	67	0.94
Star Primary School	60	56	0.93
St Luke's Primary School	25	22	0.88
William Davies Primary School	21	18	—

Department for Education, Primary and secondary school applications and offers, school-level file, 2026/27. Appeal outcomes are not published for individual schools — how we source and calculate the figures.