Plaistow Primary School
Community primary school in London (Newham).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
It is my pleasure to welcome you to Plaistow Primary School and Children's Centre. We are a collaborative, dynamic and unique Local Authority school filled with laughter, friendship and high expectations for all. Our school curriculum drivers are: joy, creativity and aspiration .
These values underpin the curriculum, inform our decision making, and guide the way we interact with one another. At our school we work hard, challenge and believe in ourselves in order to learn, progress and achieve. Our children experience joy on their own unique learning journey in order for them to become creative, aspirational lifelong learners.
Reading and a love of books inspires what we do at Plaistow. We have filled our school and built our curriculum around books which are inclusive and diverse. They help our children explore a world they can love , challenge, change and protect. High quality texts are the basis for our thematic curriculum.
Purposeful experiences enrich children's vocabulary and put learning in reading, writing and maths into context. As a result, pupils make rapid progress and achieve across all subject areas.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
11 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Computing
- Cooking
- Dance
- Drama
- Football
- Gardening
- Music
- Sewing
- Yoga
- Times Tables Rock Stars
- Forest School
Awards
1 awardiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Inclusion Quality MarkInclusion
Key facts
- URN
- 132812
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Newham
- Constituency
- West Ham and Beckton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2002
Governing body (10 current, 4 former)
Maintained school governing body.
Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Hemanth Kalva | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2026 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Immaculada Matthews Former | Chair of Governors | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Orrin Ward | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Ms Aziza Qureshi | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Daniel Bennett | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2025 · until 2029 |
| Mr Rob Wilson | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr James Partis | Governor | Nominated by LA and appointed by GB | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mr Hemanth Kalva | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Robert Saunders | Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Ms Aishah Mukadam | Governor | Elected by parents | since 2023 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Dean Benoit | Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2020 |
| Dr Kitty Clark-McGhee Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2025 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Immaculada Matthews Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · term ended 2026 |
| Mrs Donna Occleshaw Former | Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2023 · term ended 2026 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record