Star Lane, Canning Town, London E16 4NH
10 reasons to choose Star Primary School
Top line
Star Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 73. It is one of the best state primary schools in Canning Town and one of the 5 best independent or state primaries within 1 mile.
School fundamentals
Star Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a community school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2022) inspection.
Average class size
Star Primary School has three classes per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Star Primary School ranks in the top 11% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 5% of schools.
The Star Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. British Council’s International School Award for international learning activities. UNICEF Rights Respecting School Gold accreditation. Primary Science Quality Mark GILT Award. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, a camp out for Year 3 and a residential trip for Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Star Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3. School Games Mark Gold Award.
The Arts at Star Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Two choirs and an orchestra. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 7.55am to 2.10pm. After school care to 6.00pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Star Primary School
Faraday School (0.9 miles); River House Montessori Primary School (1.9 miles); Gatehouse School (2.4 miles).
Curwen Primary and Nursery School (0.8 miles); Selwyn Primary School (1.2 miles); Tollgate Primary School (1.2 miles).
River House Montessori School (3 miles).
School 21 (1.6 miles); St Bonaventure’s RC School (2.1 miles); London Academy of Excellence (2.2 miles).