Marion Richardson Primary School
Marion Richardson Primary School is a primary school in London for ages 3 to 11.
Practise what Marion Richardson Primary School is teaching this term
Daily maths in the order Marion Richardson Primary School teaches it, where its maps give one. English keeps to the usual order for their year. Start with a free five-minute class.
At a glance
- Type
- Community school, run by the council
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 465
- Who it's for
- Boys and girls
- Address
- Senrab Street, London, E1 0QF
- Phone
- 02077 901441
The school's websiteResults and performanceFull register entryMap
What Ofsted found
Full inspection, March 2024.
- Overall effectiveness: Outstanding
- The quality of education: Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
- Personal development: Outstanding
- Leadership and management: Outstanding
- Early years provision: Outstanding
- Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
- Inspectors found that pupils who speak English as an additional language and pupils with SEND receive excellent support.
- The report says the school has high ambition for all pupils to read fluently and for pleasure, with staff trained to teach phonics.
Our summary of Ofsted's report. Read the full reports on Ofsted's website. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
The school
- The school's values are Inspiration, Creativity, Achievement, Leadership and Collaboration.
Source: Marion Richardson Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
How it teaches
- The school teaches maths using the White Rose scheme of work.
- The school teaches phonics using THE Partnership Phonics programme.
- French is taught weekly for 30 minutes by a specialist French teacher in Years 3 to 6.
- The school follows the 2014 National Curriculum for both core and foundation stage subjects.
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Admissions
- The Nursery and Reception classes admit new pupils in September.
Source: Marion Richardson Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
Visiting
- Parents wishing to visit the school should ring or call into the school office to arrange a visit.
Source: Marion Richardson Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
The school day and clubs
- Breakfast Club runs from 8.00 am until 8.50 am and after-school clubs run from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
Source: Marion Richardson Primary School website. Checked 11 November 2026.
What each year group is learning
From Marion Richardson Primary School's curriculum maps.
Reception
- Maths
- Counting and building numbers beyond 10
- Science
- Growing and the lifecycle of a sunflower
Year 1Autumn 2 and Autumn 1
- Maths
- Place value within 10, addition and subtraction and shape
- English
- Reading and writing from familiar settings and traditional tales
- Science
- Humans, including who they are
- History
- The Gunpowder Plot
- Geography
- Where we live now
- Design and technology
- Food, including vegetable salads and preparing fruit and vegetables
- Music
- Musical games and singing in assemblies
- PE
- Basic movements and gymnastics
- PSHE
- Being me in my world
Year 3Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Spring 2 and Summer 1 and Summer 2
- Maths
- Place value. Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Multiplication and division. Length and perimeter. Fractions. Mass and capacity. Fractions. Time. Money. Shape. Statistics
- English
- Adventure stories. Historical fiction. Fairy tales. Biography. Calligrams and shape poems. Fantasy. Adventure. Play scripts. Diary recounts. Debate. Significant author study
- Science
- Rocks, soil and fossils. Light and shadow. Forces and magnets. Animals, including humans. Plants. Volcanoes and earthquakes. Scientific enquiry
- History
- The Stone Age. The Bronze and Iron Age. The Romans
- Geography
- Exploring the Earth. Water resources. Hazardous Earth
- Computing
- Finding and correcting bugs. Videoing a presentation against a green screen. Creating media about ourselves. Producing a wiki. Collecting and analysing data
Year 4Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 and Spring 1 and Summer 1 and Spring 2
- Maths
- Place value of numbers. Multiplication and division. Decimals
- Science
- How sound is made and heard. States of matter and changing materials. Electricity. Living things and their habitats
- History
- Life of the Ancient Egyptians. Anglo-Saxons. The Vikings
- Geography
- Exploring South America
Year 5
- Design and technology
- Food: savoury biscuits, scones and muffins. Electrical systems: automatic lights. Structures: bird hides
- PE
- Invasion games such as hockey and netball
- RE
- Why some people believe God exists
- PSHE
- Healthy lifestyles and mindfulness. Relationships. Changing bodies and growing up
- French
- Describing the weather. Transport
Year 6Autumn 1 and Spring 1 and Autumn 2 and Summer 2 and Spring 2 and Summer 1
- Maths
- Place value and the four operations with whole numbers. Fractions, decimals and percentages. Geometry: shape, position and direction. Ratio and area, perimeter and volume. Converting units of measurement. Algebra
- English
- Reading contemporary fiction and clockwork fantasy. Shakespeare and older literature. Poetry. Non-chronological reports. Narrative writing with alternative chapters. Biography writing. Procedural texts. Character description. Letters and howlers. Explanation texts
- Science
- Classifying living things and their habitats. Electricity. Light. The circulatory system. Animals, including humans and healthy bodies. Evolution and inheritance
- History
- The Maya. World War 2 and local history
- Geography
- Exploring North America. Our world in the future
- Computing
- Coding using micro:bit. Algorithms. Online safety, including safe social networking. Machine learning and AI development. Creating a yearbook as publishers. Social media and being connected
- Art
- Layered portraits and identity
- Design and technology
- Food: bread and pizza. Textiles: recycled denim bags. Mechanical systems: pulleys and gears
- PE
- Invasion games, net and wall and striking and fielding. Athletics and gymnastics. Dance and health-related fitness
- RE
- Ahimsa, grace and ummah. Expressing religion through arts, architecture, charity and generosity. Religious responses to hard times. What matters most to Christians and Humanists
- PSHE
- Celebrating difference, dreams and goals. Healthy me, relationships and changing me
Read on 10 November 2026 from the school's Curriculum page. The maps: Reception, Year 1, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6.
What each year learns
- Year 1 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 3 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 4 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 6 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 2 mathsWhite Rose Maths
- Year 5 mathsWhite Rose Maths
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School details: Get Information about Schools, Department for Education, URN 100911. Checked 9 November 2026.
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Daily maths in the order the school teaches it, English in the usual order for their year, with a weekly view of what they have mastered.