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Schools in Tower Hamlets · DfE, Ofsted

Tower Hamlets’s state schools outscore 88% of towns in England

71% of Tower Hamlets’s primary pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, close to London’s towns (70%) and above towns in England (62%). 93 state-funded schools are located in Tower Hamlets’s built-up area. Tower Hamlets grades A for schools, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results: #20 of 33 in London. Ofsted is shown, not graded.

71%meet the KS2 standard 50.1Attainment 8 #20of 33 in London

State schools

67 primary, 17 secondary

Reading, writing & maths

71%

meet the expected standard at 11 · 2023–25

England’s schools: 62%

Attainment 8

50.1

GCSE average across 8 subjects · 2025/26

England’s schools: 47.3

Grade 5+ English & maths

54%

a strong pass in both · 2025/26

England’s schools: 47%

Town figures are pupil-weighted across the schools the grade uses; England’s are the average school.

What stands out · In brief

What stands out about Tower Hamlets’s schools

11 of 16secondaries beat England’s average GCSE score; 53 of 64 primaries beat its KS2 average 84%meet the KS2 standard at Bigland Green, with 35% on free school meals

Strong at both ages

Tower Hamlets’s secondary results beat 77% of English towns; its primary results beat 89%. 71% of the London borough’s 11-year-olds meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England and 70% across Tower Hamlets. The spread between primaries is wide: 89% at Canary Wharf Primary, Glenworth, 45% at St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School. Every school’s result ↓

Bigland Green beats its intake

Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually get lower results. At Bigland Green Primary School, 35% of pupils are on free school meals and 84% meet the expected standard; a typical school in England with that intake reaches 59%. Results and intake ↓

Written from the Department for Education and Ofsted data on this page.

School Grade

Tower Hamlets grades A for schools

Against every town in England with results; Wales publishes none.

Primary: reading, writing and maths at 11 (71% meet the standard)Better than 89% of towns in England

Secondary: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (50.1 and 54%)Better than 77% of towns in England

Each of Tower Hamlets’s 64 primaries: % meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (2023–25)

Each of Tower Hamlets’s 16 secondaries: Attainment 8 (2025/26)

England’s average schoolTower Hamlets’s average school

The primary figure: 64 primaries in the town, 9,800 pupils in results over three years. The secondary figure: 16 secondaries in the town, 2,839 pupils in results. Mainstream state schools only (grammar schools included); special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19 colleges are listed below but not graded. Each school’s results are compared with every school in England, then weighted by its pupils.

Results and intake

Which schools do better than their intake suggests

Schools with more pupils on free school meals tend to get lower results. The dashed line is the typical school in England for each level of free school meals; the band holds the middle two-thirds. A dot above the band is doing better than schools like it.

Primaries: KS2 reading, writing and maths against free school meals

Secondaries: Attainment 8 against free school meals

The share of pupils on free school meals runs from 9% at Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry to 67% at St John's Church of England Primary School. Against schools with the same intake, Bigland Green Primary School does best: 84% with 35% on free school meals, where a typical school would reach 59%. 58 of 64 primaries and 15 of 16 secondaries are above the line.

Show as a table

School	Free school meals	Result	Typical for that intake	Difference
Bigland Green Primary SchoolKS2 %	35%	84%	59%	+25
Mayflower Primary SchoolKS2 %	39%	82%	58%	+24
Columbia Primary SchoolKS2 %	25%	86%	62%	+24
William Davis Primary SchoolKS2 %	48%	79%	55%	+24
Globe Primary SchoolKS2 %	37%	82%	58%	+24
Bangabandhu Primary SchoolKS2 %	65%	74%	50%	+24
Stebon Primary SchoolKS2 %	43%	80%	57%	+23
Canary Wharf Primary, GlenworthKS2 %	11%	89%	66%	+23
Cayley Primary SchoolKS2 %	56%	76%	53%	+23
Blue Gate Fields Junior SchoolKS2 %	38%	81%	58%	+23
Bygrove Primary SchoolKS2 %	50%	77%	55%	+22
Stewart Headlam Primary SchoolKS2 %	27%	82%	61%	+21
Old Palace Primary SchoolKS2 %	30%	81%	60%	+21
Virginia Primary SchoolKS2 %	37%	79%	58%	+21
St Agnes RC Primary SchoolKS2 %	34%	80%	59%	+21
Lawdale Junior SchoolKS2 %	57%	73%	53%	+20
Kobi Nazrul Primary SchoolKS2 %	46%	76%	56%	+20
Sir William Burrough Primary SchoolKS2 %	31%	80%	60%	+20
Stepney Park Primary SchoolKS2 %	48%	75%	55%	+20
Osmani Primary SchoolKS2 %	41%	77%	57%	+20
Manorfield Primary SchoolKS2 %	54%	73%	54%	+19
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolKS2 %	67%	69%	50%	+19
Marner Primary SchoolKS2 %	53%	72%	54%	+18
St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary SchoolKS2 %	20%	81%	63%	+18
Mulberry School for GirlsAttainment 8	50%	57	40	+17
Solebay Primary - A Paradigm AcademyKS2 %	39%	74%	58%	+16
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm AcademyKS2 %	53%	70%	54%	+16
St Mary and St Michael Primary SchoolKS2 %	42%	73%	57%	+16
Swanlea SchoolAttainment 8	42%	59	43	+16
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary SchoolKS2 %	32%	75%	60%	+15
John Scurr Primary SchoolKS2 %	42%	72%	57%	+15
The Clara Grant Primary SchoolKS2 %	49%	70%	55%	+15
Harry Gosling Primary SchoolKS2 %	41%	72%	57%	+15
Wellington Primary SchoolKS2 %	44%	70%	56%	+14
Woolmore Primary SchoolKS2 %	50%	68%	55%	+13
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary SchoolAttainment 8	48%	54	41	+13
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm AcademyKS2 %	37%	71%	58%	+13
St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary SchoolKS2 %	43%	69%	57%	+12
Lansbury Lawrence Primary SchoolKS2 %	50%	67%	55%	+12
St Paul's Way Trust SchoolAttainment 8	51%	52	40	+12
Oaklands SchoolAttainment 8	63%	48	36	+12
Mowlem Primary SchoolKS2 %	45%	68%	56%	+12
St Edmund's Catholic SchoolKS2 %	20%	75%	63%	+12
Canary Wharf Primary, East FerryKS2 %	9%	78%	66%	+12
St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary FederationKS2 %	52%	66%	54%	+12
Central Foundation Girls' SchoolAttainment 8	46%	53	42	+11
Malmesbury Primary SchoolKS2 %	49%	66%	55%	+11
Ben Jonson Primary SchoolKS2 %	41%	68%	57%	+11
St Paul's Way Trust SchoolKS2 %	51%	65%	54%	+11
Seven Mills Primary SchoolKS2 %	48%	65%	55%	+10
Thomas Buxton Primary SchoolKS2 %	51%	64%	54%	+10
Cyril Jackson Primary SchoolKS2 %	36%	68%	59%	+9
Langdon Park Community SchoolAttainment 8	58%	47	37	+9
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary SchoolKS2 %	44%	65%	56%	+9
Christ Church CofE SchoolKS2 %	36%	67%	59%	+8
Cubitt Town Primary SchoolKS2 %	56%	61%	53%	+8
Hague Primary SchoolKS2 %	34%	67%	59%	+8
George Green's SchoolAttainment 8	50%	48	40	+7
Morpeth SchoolAttainment 8	50%	48	40	+7
Mulberry Academy ShoreditchAttainment 8	53%	47	39	+7
Hermitage Primary SchoolKS2 %	43%	64%	57%	+7
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing CollegeAttainment 8	39%	50	44	+6
Bonner Primary SchoolKS2 %	41%	62%	57%	+5
Marion Richardson Primary SchoolKS2 %	41%	62%	57%	+5
Canary Wharf SecondaryAttainment 8	29%	51	48	+3
Halley Primary SchoolKS2 %	32%	63%	60%	+3
St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolKS2 %	45%	59%	56%	+3
Bow SchoolAttainment 8	48%	44	41	+3
Arnhem Wharf Primary SchoolKS2 %	48%	58%	55%	+3
Wapping High SchoolAttainment 8	38%	47	44	+3
St Luke's Church of England Primary SchoolKS2 %	37%	59%	58%	+1
Harbinger Primary SchoolKS2 %	47%	56%	56%	+0
London Enterprise AcademyAttainment 8	27%	49	48	+0
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary SchoolKS2 %	27%	61%	61%	−0
Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary SchoolKS2 %	34%	58%	59%	−1
Olga Primary SchoolKS2 %	33%	58%	60%	−2
Chisenhale Primary SchoolKS2 %	20%	61%	63%	−2
Bishop Challoner Catholic SchoolAttainment 8	31%	44	47	−3
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary AcademyKS2 %	37%	54%	58%	−4
St Elizabeth Catholic Primary SchoolKS2 %	49%	45%	55%	−10

Free school meals: pupils eligible now, DfE January 2026 census. The typical-school line is a straight-line fit across every graded school in England. It describes; it doesn’t grade: the School Grade uses results alone.

Getting a place

How school places work in Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets Council handles applications for every state school in Tower Hamlets, academies included. You apply to the council where you live, even for a school in another area.

Secondary (starting at 11)Apply by 31 October of Year 6. Offers on 1 March.

Primary (starting in Reception)Apply by 15 January before the September your child starts. Offers on 16 April.

Moving mid-yearApply to the council for an in-year place; it tells you which schools have room.

When a school is full

Every school publishes its admissions rules. Children in care come first, then, at most schools, brothers and sisters of current pupils, then those who live nearest. 20 of Tower Hamlets’s 83 mainstream schools have a religious character; some of them give priority by church attendance, so check each school’s rules. Infant classes are limited to 30 by law. If you’re refused a place, you can appeal to an independent panel.

Useful: Apply for a primary place (GOV.UK) · Apply for a secondary place (GOV.UK) · How admissions criteria work

How full each school is

Pupils on roll as a share of the school’s official capacity. The black tick is 100%; 15 schools are at or over it.

Mulberry Academy Shoreditch132%

Blue Gate Fields Infants' incl. nursery124%

Mulberry School for Girls117%

St Paul's Way Trust115%

Bangabandhu incl. nursery114%

Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College112%

Langdon Park Community111%

Lansbury Lawrence incl. nursery107%

Canary Wharf, East Ferry106%

Mowlem incl. nursery106%

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Old Ford incl. nursery105%

Bygrove incl. nursery105%

Mayflower incl. nursery103%

Stebon incl. nursery102%

George Green's101%

Swanlea99%

Bigland Green incl. nursery99%

Culloden incl. nursery99%

Woolmore incl. nursery99%

Central Foundation Girls'98%

Blue Gate Fields Junior97%

St Peter's London Docks incl. nursery97%

Cubitt Town incl. nursery97%

Globe incl. nursery96%

Stepney Park incl. nursery96%

Kobi Nazrul incl. nursery95%

Seven Mills incl. nursery95%

Morpeth95%

St Paul's Whitechapel incl. nursery94%

Stepney All Saints94%

Cyril Jackson incl. nursery93%

Elizabeth Selby Infants' incl. nursery93%

Canary Wharf, Glenworth93%

Olga incl. nursery92%

Columbia incl. nursery92%

Old Palace92%

Chisenhale incl. nursery92%

St Edmund's incl. nursery92%

John Scurr incl. nursery91%

Marion Richardson incl. nursery91%

St Agnes incl. nursery91%

Marner incl. nursery91%

Virginia incl. nursery91%

Canary Wharf Secondary90%

Oaklands90%

Hague incl. nursery90%

Our Lady and St Joseph incl. nursery88%

Wellington incl. nursery88%

Malmesbury incl. nursery86%

Lawdale Junior85%

Osmani incl. nursery85%

Ben Jonson incl. nursery85%

Thomas Buxton incl. nursery84%

Bow83%

Harbinger incl. nursery83%

The Clara Grant incl. nursery83%

St Saviour's incl. nursery83%

St Luke's incl. nursery82%

Sir William Burrough incl. nursery82%

Hermitage incl. nursery82%

Manorfield incl. nursery82%

Halley incl. nursery81%

Cayley incl. nursery79%

Stepney Greencoat incl. nursery79%

Bonner76%

St Paul With St Luke incl. nursery75%

St John's incl. nursery75%

English Martyrs Roman incl. nursery74%

St Mary and St Michael incl. nursery74%

Stewart Headlam incl. nursery70%

Arnhem Wharf incl. nursery70%

London Enterprise66%

William Davis incl. nursery63%

Christ Church incl. nursery62%

Wapping High59%

Bishop Challoner53%

St Elizabeth incl. nursery49%

Solebay incl. nursery49%

Mulberry Canon Barnett incl. nursery48%

Mulberry Wood Wharf44%

St Anne's and Guardian Angels incl. nursery32%

Mulberry Academy London Dock24%

DfE register of schools (GIAS), January 2026 census. Capacity often excludes a nursery class, so a school with a nursery can show over 100%.

The schools

93 state schools in Tower Hamlets

Each school’s own letter compares its results with every state school in England of the same phase: Key Stage 2 for primaries, GCSEs for secondaries. Open a school for its results, how its letter is worked out, Ofsted and a map.

Letters of Tower Hamlets’s schoolsA 36B 33C 9D 114 without a letter

Primary schools66 · best KS2 results first

Canary Wharf Primary, Glenworth

Primary · ages 4–11 · Free school · Christian

A⁺

89% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

308 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Columbia Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

A⁺

86% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

416 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Bigland Green Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

A⁺

84% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

477 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Globe Primary School

Primary · ages 2–11 · Community

82% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

412 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Mayflower Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

82% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

400 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2022

Stewart Headlam Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

82% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

189 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2023

Old Palace Primary School

Primary · ages 4–11 · Community

81% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

386 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Blue Gate Fields Junior School

Primary · ages 7–11 · Community

81% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

350 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

81% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

233 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Stebon Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

80% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

695 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2023

Sir William Burrough Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

80% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

294 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

St Agnes RC Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Roman Catholic

80% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

214 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Virginia Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

79% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

214 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2021

William Davis Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

79% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

151 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry

Primary · ages 4–11 · Free school · Christian

78% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

298 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

Osmani Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

77% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

409 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

Bygrove Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

77% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

247 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2023

Cayley Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

76% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

388 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

Kobi Nazrul Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

76% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

227 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Stepney Park Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

A⁻

75% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

689 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

St Edmund's Catholic School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Roman Catholic

A⁻

75% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

206 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

A⁻

75% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

198 pupilsOfsted: Good 2024

Bangabandhu Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

A⁻

74% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

309 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy

Primary · ages 3–11 · Free school

A⁻

74% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

170 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2023

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Manorfield Primary School

Primary · ages 2–11 · Community

A⁻

73% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

652 pupilsOfsted: Good 2024

St Mary and St Michael Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Roman Catholic

A⁻

73% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

347 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Lawdale Junior School

Primary · ages 7–11 · Community

A⁻

73% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

205 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Marner Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

A⁻

72% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

641 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

John Scurr Primary School

Primary · ages 2–11 · Community

A⁻

72% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

494 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Harry Gosling Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

A⁻

72% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

407 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

A⁻

71% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

623 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

B⁺

70% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

660 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2022

Wellington Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁺

70% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

396 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2023

The Clara Grant Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

B⁺

70% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

389 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

St John's Church of England Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

B⁺

69% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

176 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 2–11 · Academy · Roman Catholic

B⁺

69% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

145 pupilsOfsted: Good 2020

Woolmore Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁺

68% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

652 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2022

Ben Jonson Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁺

68% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

591 pupilsOfsted: Good 2024

Cyril Jackson Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

B⁺

68% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

448 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Mowlem Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁺

68% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

222 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Lansbury Lawrence Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

67% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

451 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Hague Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

67% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

205 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

Christ Church CofE School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

67% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

145 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Malmesbury Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

66% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

453 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

66% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

180 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Roman Catholic

65% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

411 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

Seven Mills Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

65% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

227 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Thomas Buxton Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁻

64% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

404 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2023

Hermitage Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

B⁻

64% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

269 pupilsOfsted: Requires improvement 2023

Halley Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁻

63% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

194 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Bonner Primary School

Primary · ages 4–11 · Community

B⁻

62% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

640 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Marion Richardson Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁻

62% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

465 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Cubitt Town Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁻

61% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

679 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Chisenhale Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

B⁻

61% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

322 pupilsOfsted: Good 2024

English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Roman Catholic

B⁻

61% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

177 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

St Luke's Church of England Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

C⁺

59% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

393 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

C⁺

59% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

198 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Olga Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

C⁺

58% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

490 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

Arnhem Wharf Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

C⁺

58% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

476 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

C⁺

58% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

189 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Harbinger Primary School

Primary · ages 3–11 · Community

56% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

300 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy

Primary · ages 3–11 · Academy

54% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

152 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School

Primary · ages 2–11 · Academy · Roman Catholic

45% met the KS2 standard (3 years)

232 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

Blue Gate Fields Infants' School

Primary · ages 3–7 · Community

No letter

336 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2024

Elizabeth Selby Infants' School

Primary · ages 2–7 · Community

No letter

258 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School

Primary · ages 4–11 · Free school

No letter

186 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

All-through schools1 · primary and secondary in one

St Paul's Way Trust School

All-through · ages 4–18 · Academy

A⁻

52 Attainment 8 · 61% grade 5+ E&M

1,866 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

Secondary schools17 · best GCSE results first

Swanlea School

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Community

58.7 Attainment 8 · 68% grade 5+ E&M

1,253 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Mulberry School for Girls

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Academy · girls

57.2 Attainment 8 · 64% grade 5+ E&M

1,634 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Voluntary aided · Church of England

A⁻

54 Attainment 8 · 63% grade 5+ E&M

1,445 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

Central Foundation Girls' School

Secondary · ages 11–19 · Voluntary aided · girls

A⁻

53 Attainment 8 · 58% grade 5+ E&M

1,526 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

Canary Wharf Secondary

Secondary · ages 11–19 · Free school · Christian

B⁺

51.2 Attainment 8 · 56% grade 5+ E&M

417 pupilsOfsted: Requires improvement 2024

Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Academy

B⁺

50.2 Attainment 8 · 56% grade 5+ E&M

1,364 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

London Enterprise Academy

Secondary · ages 11–16 · Free school

48.7 Attainment 8 · 49% grade 5+ E&M

396 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2024

Oaklands School

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Community

47.9 Attainment 8 · 49% grade 5+ E&M

902 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

Langdon Park Community School

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Community

46.6 Attainment 8 · 51% grade 5+ E&M

1,055 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

Secondary · ages 11–19 · Academy

46.5 Attainment 8 · 51% grade 5+ E&M

1,457 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

George Green's School

Secondary · ages 11–19 · Voluntary controlled

47.7 Attainment 8 · 48% grade 5+ E&M

1,256 pupilsOfsted: Good 2022

Wapping High School

Secondary · ages 11–16 · Free school

B⁻

46.9 Attainment 8 · 47% grade 5+ E&M

248 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Morpeth School

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Community

B⁻

47.8 Attainment 8 · 44% grade 5+ E&M

1,512 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Bishop Challoner Catholic School

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Academy · Roman Catholic

C⁺

43.8 Attainment 8 · 41% grade 5+ E&M

867 pupilsOfsted: Good 2021

Bow School

Secondary · ages 11–18 · Community

C⁺

43.8 Attainment 8 · 40% grade 5+ E&M

1,126 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Mulberry UTC

Secondary · ages 14–19 · University technical college

No letter

28.6 Attainment 8 · 18% grade 5+ E&M

536 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Mulberry Academy London Dock

Secondary · ages 11–19 · Free school

No letter

304 pupils

Special schools, nurseries and colleges9 · no letter: their results don’t compare

Phoenix School

Special school · ages 3–19 · Community

No letter

0.2 Attainment 8 · 0% grade 5+ E&M

533 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

East London Arts & Music

Sixth form / 16–19 · ages 16–19 · Free school

No letter

292 pupils

Childrens House Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2–5 · Local authority nursery school

No letter

145 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2023

Beatrice Tate School

Special school · ages 11–19 · Community

No letter

134 pupilsOfsted: report card 2025

London East Alternative Provision

Alternative provision · ages 5–19 · Pupil referral unit

No letter

101 pupilsOfsted: Outstanding 2024

The Hamlet School

Special school · ages 2–11 · Community

No letter

93 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2025

Ian Mikardo High School

Special school · ages 11–18 · Academy · boys

No letter

6.1 Attainment 8 · 0% grade 5+ E&M

67 pupilsOfsted: Good 2023

Alice Model Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2–5 · Local authority nursery school

No letter

56 pupilsOfsted: report card 2026

Columbia Market Nursery School

Nursery · ages 2–5 · Local authority nursery school

No letter

56 pupilsOfsted: Inspected 2024

Key result: Attainment 8 and grade 5+ English and maths (GCSEs, 2025/26 provisional) for secondaries; the share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (KS2, DfE’s three-year average) for primaries. Pupils: the January 2026 school census. No letter: an infant or first school (no KS2 tests), a new school, a small cohort DfE suppresses, or a special school, nursery or college. Independent schools aren’t included.

Ofsted

Ofsted report cards

Each school’s latest inspection; report cards replace one-word judgements as schools are re-inspected.

Outstanding 13Good 23Report card 13Requires improvement 2Ungraded inspection only 40No published grade 2

Ofsted stopped giving one-word judgements in 2024. Until a school is re-inspected, its last overall judgement is its most recent single grade; a school judged years ago may have changed a lot since.

Since November 2025 Ofsted gives each area of a school one of five grades (exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention, urgent improvement) and says whether safeguarding is met, instead of one overall word. 13 of Tower Hamlets’s 93 state schools have a report card so far; the others show their last inspection under the old framework. Ofsted is never part of the School Grade.

School	Safeguarding	Achievement	Curriculum and teaching	Inclusion	Attendance and behaviour	Personal development and well-being	Leadership and governance	Early years	Sixth form
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary SchoolJuly 2026	Met	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	—
The Clara Grant Primary SchoolJuly 2026	Met	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Strong standard	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	—
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary AcademyJune 2026	Met	Expected standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	—
Oaklands SchoolMay 2026	Met	Strong standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	—	Strong standard
Langdon Park Community SchoolApril 2026	Met	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	—	Expected standard
Alice Model Nursery SchoolMarch 2026	Met	Expected standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	—	—
St John's Church of England Primary SchoolFebruary 2026	Met	Expected standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	—
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary SchoolFebruary 2026	Met	Exceptional	Strong standard	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	Exceptional	—	Strong standard
Osmani Primary SchoolJanuary 2026	Met	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	—
Olga Primary SchoolJanuary 2026	Met	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	—
Central Foundation Girls' SchoolJanuary 2026	Met	Strong standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	—	Expected standard
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing CollegeJanuary 2026	Met	Expected standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	Expected standard	—	Expected standard
Beatrice Tate SchoolDecember 2025	Met	Expected standard	Needs attention	Strong standard	Strong standard	Strong standard	Expected standard	—	Expected standard

Who runs them

10 academy trusts and the council

Academies are state schools run by a trust rather than the council: the trust employs the staff and can set its own curriculum and term dates. Admissions still go through the council.

Run by	Schools	Pupils	Their letters
Mulberry Schools TrustMulberry School for Girls, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College, Mulberry UTC, Mulberry Academy London Dock, Mulberry Wood Wharf, Mulberry Canon Barnett	7	5,633	ABB⁺C
University Schools Trust, East LondonSt Paul's Way Trust, Cyril Jackson, Canary Wharf Secondary, Canary Wharf, Glenworth, Canary Wharf, East Ferry, Sir William Burrough	6	3,631	A⁻B⁺B⁺A⁺AA
Letta TrustStebon, Columbia, Hermitage, Bygrove, Virginia	5	1,841	AA⁺B⁻AA
Paradigm TrustOld Ford, Culloden, Solebay	3	1,453	B⁺A⁻A⁻
Lux Mundi Catholic Academy TrustBishop Challoner, St Elizabeth, St Anne's and Guardian Angels	3	1,244	C⁺DB⁺
Tower Hamlets Enterprise Academy LtdLondon Enterprise	1	396	B
Boleyn TrustThe Clara Grant	1	389	B⁺
Day One TrustEast London Arts & Music	1	292	—
Wapping and Shadwell Secondary Education TrustWapping High	1	248	B⁻
Beckmead TrustIan Mikardo High	1	67	—
Tower Hamlets CouncilCentral Foundation Girls', Morpeth, Stepney All Saints, George Green's, Swanlea, Bow, Langdon Park Community, Oaklands, Stepney Park, Cubitt Town, Manorfield, Woolmore, Marner, Bonner, Ben Jonson, Phoenix, John Scurr, Olga, Bigland Green, Arnhem Wharf, Marion Richardson, Malmesbury, Lansbury Lawrence, Globe, Our Lady and St Joseph, Osmani, Harry Gosling, Thomas Buxton, Mayflower, Wellington, St Luke's, Cayley, Old Palace, Blue Gate Fields Junior, St Mary and St Michael, Blue Gate Fields Infants', Chisenhale, Bangabandhu, Harbinger, Elizabeth Selby Infants', St Peter's London Docks, Kobi Nazrul, Seven Mills, Mowlem, St Agnes, St Edmund's, Hague, Lawdale Junior, St Paul's Whitechapel, St Saviour's, Halley, Stepney Greencoat, Stewart Headlam, St Paul With St Luke, English Martyrs Roman, St John's, William Davis, Childrens House Nursery, Christ Church, Beatrice Tate, London East Alternative Provision, The Hamlet, Alice Model Nursery, Columbia Market Nursery	64	28,807	A⁻B⁻A⁻BAC⁺BBA⁻B⁻A⁻B⁺A⁻B⁻B⁺A⁻C⁺A⁺C⁺B⁻BBABAA⁻B⁻AB⁺C⁺AAAA⁻B⁻A⁻CAABB⁺AA⁻BA⁻A⁻C⁺B⁻C⁺ABB⁻B⁺AB

After 16

Where Tower Hamlets’s teenagers go at 16

In England young people stay in education or training until 18: a sixth form, a college, or an apprenticeship.

14 of Tower Hamlets’s 17 state secondaries have sixth forms: Bishop Challoner, Bow, Central Foundation Girls', George Green's, Langdon Park Community, Morpeth, Mulberry Academy London Dock, Mulberry Academy Shoreditch, Mulberry School for Girls, Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College, Oaklands, St Paul's Way Trust, Stepney All Saints and Swanlea. East London Arts & Music is a state 16–19 school in the London borough. New City College, a further-education college, is in the London borough.

Secondaries with a sixth form

14 of 17

state schools in Tower Hamlets

Colleges within 12 miles

nearest: New City College

Grammar schools in Tower Hamlets

no selective state secondaries

College	Distance
New City CollegeFurther-education college · E14 0AF	in Tower Hamlets
Workers' Educational AssociationFurther-education college · EC2A 4XW	1.9 mi
The Mary Ward Centre (AE Centre)Further-education college · E15 2TF	2 mi
Morley College LondonFurther-education college · SE1 7HT	3.4 mi

Special needs

Special schools and alternative provision in Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets has 4 special schools (Beatrice Tate, Ian Mikardo High, Phoenix and The Hamlet: 827 pupils) and 1 alternative provision school, for pupils who can’t attend mainstream school for a time. A special-school place isn’t applied for like a mainstream one: for a child with an education, health and care plan (EHCP), Tower Hamlets Council names the school in the plan, after asking the family’s preference. These schools have no letter, because their results don’t compare with mainstream schools’. Their cards ↑

Tower Hamlets Council’s SEND Local Offer lists support beyond these schools.

Towns its size

12th of 38 English towns and cities of 218,000 to 420,000

Ranked by School Grade, best first: the towns and cities either side of Tower Hamlets, and the top and bottom of the group.

#	Town	Schools	KS2	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ E&M
1	Barnet London	A⁺	72%	57.6	65%
…
8	Bromley London	A	71%	52.5	56%
9	Waltham Forest London	A	73%	50.6	53%
10	Southwark London	A	69%	52.3	56%
11	Hounslow London	A	69%	51.6	56%
12	Tower Hamlets London	A	71%	50.1	54%
13	Bexley London	A	68%	52.4	57%
14	Haringey London	A⁻	69%	49.8	51%
15	Brent London	A⁻	67%	51.2	54%
16	Hillingdon London	A⁻	66%	51.5	57%
…
38	Portsmouth Hampshire	D	54%	40.8	35%

Neighbours

Tower Hamlets and the places around it

Coloured by School Grade.

City of LondonHackneySouthwarkNewhamIslingtonLewishamGreenwichTower Hamlets

Town	Schools	KS2	Att. 8
Tower Hamlets 93 schools	A	71%	50.1
City of London 1 school · uses schools within 3 km · 2.3 mi	A	71%	50.7
Hackney 73 schools · 2.8 mi	A	75%	53.2
Southwark 101 schools · 3 mi	A	69%	52.3
Newham 102 schools · 3.2 mi	A	74%	51.8
Islington 64 schools · 3.8 mi	A⁻	69%	49.7
Lewisham 84 schools · 4.5 mi	B⁺	65%	48.7
Greenwich 90 schools · 5 mi	A⁻	71%	48.2

Hackney has the best-graded schools nearby (A). Small places often use the schools within 3 km, so neighbours can share schools.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

Expected standard at Key Stage 2. The share of 11-year-olds who reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths together, in tests and teacher assessment at the end of primary school. We use DfE’s three-year average (2023–2025) to steady small schools.
Higher standard. The share working at greater depth in all three. In Tower Hamlets: 12% (England’s average school: 8%).
Attainment 8. A pupil’s GCSE grades across eight subjects, with English and maths counted twice, added up. 50 is roughly a grade 5 in every subject.
Grade 5+ in English and maths. A strong pass in both. Grade 4 is a standard pass.
Provisional. 2025/26 GCSE figures are DfE’s first release; revised figures follow in February, usually within a point.
Progress 8. Not shown: there is none for 2025/26, because these pupils sat no KS2 tests in 2020 (Covid).
Free school meals. Pupils eligible for free school meals now, from the January census: the usual measure of how many pupils come from low-income homes.
Independent schools. Not included: they publish no results comparable with state schools’.

Questions about schools in Tower Hamlets

Are schools in Tower Hamlets good?

Tower Hamlets’s state schools earn an A against schools across England: primary results beat 89% of towns in England; secondary results beat 77% of towns in England, on Department for Education Key Stage 2 and GCSE results. School places are handled by Tower Hamlets council.

What is the best secondary school in Tower Hamlets?

On 2025/26 GCSE results, Swanlea School: Attainment 8 of 58.7 and 68% with grade 5+ in English and maths, against 47.3 at the average school in England. Results are one measure; distance decides most places.

What is the best primary school in Tower Hamlets?

On Key Stage 2 results over 2023–25, Canary Wharf Primary, Glenworth: 89% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% at the average school in England.

Do Tower Hamlets secondary schools have sixth forms?

14 of 17 do.

How do I apply for a school place in Tower Hamlets?

Through Tower Hamlets Council, for every state school including academies. Secondary applications close on 31 October (offers 1 March); primary on 15 January (offers 16 April).

How many schools in Tower Hamlets are full?

15 of 82 mainstream schools have at least as many pupils as places, on DfE’s January 2026 census. A full school still admits by its rules, usually distance after siblings.

How many state schools are in Tower Hamlets?

93 open state-funded schools are located in Tower Hamlets’s built-up area: 67 primary, 17 secondary and 9 other (special schools, alternative provision, nurseries and 16–19). Independent schools aren’t included.

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026 · DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), further-education and sixth-form colleges · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Tower Hamlets’s state schools outscore 88% of towns in England

What stands out about Tower Hamlets’s schools

Strong at both ages

Bigland Green beats its intake

Tower Hamlets grades A for schools

Where Tower Hamlets’s 93 state schools are

Which schools do better than their intake suggests

How school places work in Tower Hamlets

When a school is full

How full each school is

93 state schools in Tower Hamlets

Ofsted report cards

10 academy trusts and the council

Where Tower Hamlets’s teenagers go at 16

Special schools and alternative provision in Tower Hamlets

12th of 38 English towns and cities of 218,000 to 420,000

Tower Hamlets and the places around it

What this data can and can’t tell you

Questions about schools in Tower Hamlets