SchoolScoresSchools in Tower Hamlets
School admissions in Tower Hamlets: application deadlines, offer days and all 106 schools (66 state primary schools, 18 state secondary schools, 1 sixth form college, 5 special schools and 15 independent schools) with Ofsted inspections and results.
Admissions dates
You apply through the council where you live, even for schools in another council area. The closing dates and offer days are set nationally.
| Starting | Apply by | Offers sent |
|---|---|---|
| Secondary school (Year 7) | 31 October | 1 March |
| Primary school (Reception) | 15 January | 16 April |
If an offer day falls on a weekend or bank holiday, offers go out on the next working day. Check Tower Hamlets's website for local arrangements and in-year applications.
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Towns
Latest Ofsted reports in Tower Hamlets
| School | Report card | Published |
|---|---|---|
| Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy Academy · Tower Hamlets | 2 strong, 5 expected Inspected 9 June 2026 | 15 July 2026 |
| Oaklands School Community school · Tower Hamlets | 6 strong, 1 expected Inspected 19 May 2026 | 2 July 2026 |
| Langdon Park Community School Community school · Tower Hamlets | 7 expected Inspected 28 April 2026 · Before: Good (2023) | 7 June 2026 |
| Central Foundation Girls' School Voluntary aided school · Tower Hamlets | 5 strong, 2 expected Inspected 6 January 2026 | 28 May 2026 |
| Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College Academy · Tower Hamlets | 1 strong, 6 expected Inspected 6 January 2026 | 28 May 2026 |
| Beatrice Tate School Special school · Tower Hamlets | 3 strong, 3 expected, 1 needs attention Inspected 9 December 2025 | 28 May 2026 |
| Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary School Voluntary aided school · Tower Hamlets | 5 exceptional, 2 strong Inspected 10 February 2026 | 19 April 2026 |
| St John's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Tower Hamlets | 3 strong, 4 expected Inspected 10 February 2026 | 24 March 2026 |
| Olga Primary School Community school · Tower Hamlets | 7 expected Inspected 20 January 2026 | 16 March 2026 |
| Osmani Primary School Community school · Tower Hamlets | 5 strong, 2 expected Inspected 27 January 2026 | 15 March 2026 |
Ofsted report cards published in the year to 31 August 2026. Latest reports across England.
Primary schools (66) · Secondary schools (18) · Sixth form colleges (1) · Special schools (5) · Independent schools (15) · Alternative provision (1)
Primary schools
66 schools.
- Arnhem Wharf Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023 · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bangabandhu Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Ben Jonson Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bigland Green Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2024 · 87% met expected standard (KS2)
- Blue Gate Fields Infants' School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2015), confirmed 2024
- Blue Gate Fields Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bonner Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2019), confirmed 2025 · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Bygrove Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry Free school · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Canary Wharf Primary, Glenworth Free school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 85% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cayley Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2022 · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Chisenhale Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- Christ Church CofE School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2023 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Columbia Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2023, before conversion) · 81% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cubitt Town Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Cyril Jackson Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Elizabeth Selby Infants' School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023
- English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2022 · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Globe Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2024 · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Hague Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2022 · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Halley Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 68% met expected standard (KS2)
- Harbinger Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 63% met expected standard (KS2)
- Harry Gosling Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2023 · 60% met expected standard (KS2)
- Hermitage Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2023, before conversion) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- John Scurr Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Kobi Nazrul Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2016), improved significantly 2025 · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Lansbury Lawrence Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Lawdale Junior School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2023 · 70% met expected standard (KS2)
- Malmesbury Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 67% met expected standard (KS2)
- Manorfield Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Marion Richardson Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- Marner Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2011), confirmed 2022 · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- Mayflower Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2022 · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Mowlem Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2024 · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 2 strong, 5 expected · 59% met expected standard (KS2)
- Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School Free school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025)
- Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 65% met expected standard (KS2)
- Old Palace Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 75% met expected standard (KS2)
- Olga Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Osmani Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2022 · 62% met expected standard (KS2)
- Seven Mills Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 55% met expected standard (KS2)
- Sir William Burrough Primary School Academy · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 74% met expected standard (KS2)
- Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy Free school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 78% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Agnes RC Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 73% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2020 · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Edmund's Catholic School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2012), confirmed 2023 · 69% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2017, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 45% met expected standard (KS2)
- St John's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 3 strong, 4 expected · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Luke's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Mary and St Michael Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2017), confirmed 2023 · 76% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2016), confirmed 2025 · 57% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Paul's Whitechapel CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2024) · 72% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019), confirmed 2025 · 83% met expected standard (KS2)
- St Saviour's CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2019), confirmed 2025 · 64% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stebon Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stepney Greencoat CofE Primary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 61% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stepney Park Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 77% met expected standard (KS2)
- Stewart Headlam Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 83% met expected standard (KS2)
- The Clara Grant Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2014, before conversion), confirmed 2022 · 80% met expected standard (KS2)
- Thomas Buxton Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2017), confirmed 2023 · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- Virginia Primary School Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2016, before conversion), confirmed 2021 · 79% met expected standard (KS2)
- Wellington Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2023) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
- William Davis Primary School Community school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 83% met expected standard (KS2)
- Woolmore Primary School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2022) · 71% met expected standard (KS2)
Secondary schools
18 schools.
- Bishop Challoner Catholic School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2021, before conversion) · 46% grade 5+ English and maths
- Bow School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2018), confirmed 2023 · 33% grade 5+ English and maths
- Canary Wharf Secondary Free school · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024) · 57% grade 5+ English and maths
- Central Foundation Girls' School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 strong, 2 expected · 54% grade 5+ English and maths
- George Green's School Voluntary controlled school · Ofsted: Good (2013), confirmed 2022 · 52% grade 5+ English and maths
- Langdon Park Community School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 7 expected · 46% grade 5+ English and maths
- London Enterprise Academy Free school · Ofsted: No overall grade (2024) · 51% grade 5+ English and maths
- Morpeth School Community school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 43% grade 5+ English and maths
- Mulberry Academy London Dock Free school · Ofsted: No graded inspection
- Mulberry Academy Shoreditch Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 40% grade 5+ English and maths
- Mulberry School for Girls Academy · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 51% grade 5+ English and maths
- Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College Academy · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 1 strong, 6 expected · 49% grade 5+ English and maths
- Mulberry UTC University technical college · Ofsted: No overall grade (2025) · 18% grade 5+ English and maths
- Oaklands School Community school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 6 strong, 1 expected · 54% grade 5+ English and maths
- St Paul's Way Trust School Academy · Ofsted: Good (2022) · 56% grade 5+ English and maths
- Stepney All Saints CofE Secondary School Voluntary aided school · Ofsted: Report card 2026: 5 exceptional, 2 strong · 60% grade 5+ English and maths
- Swanlea School Community school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024) · 64% grade 5+ English and maths
- Wapping High School Free school · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 45% grade 5+ English and maths
Sixth form colleges
1 school.
- East London Arts and Music Free school · Ofsted: Not yet inspected · C+ average A level grade
Special schools
5 schools.
- Beatrice Tate School Special school · Ofsted: Report card 2025: 3 strong, 3 expected, 1 needs attention
- Bowden House School Special school · Ofsted: Good (2014), confirmed 2023 · 0% grade 5+ English and maths
- Ian Mikardo High School Special academy · Ofsted: Good (2023) · 0% grade 5+ English and maths
- Phoenix School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2013), confirmed 2024
- The Hamlet School Special school · Ofsted: Outstanding (2013), confirmed 2025 · 0% met expected standard (KS2)
Independent schools
15 schools.
- Al-Mizan School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- Brick Lane School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Buttercup Primary School Independent · Ofsted: Requires improvement (2024)
- Daffodil Preparatory School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Darul Hadis Latifiah Independent, inspected by ISI · 39% A*/A at A level
- Date Palm Primary Independent · Ofsted: Outstanding (2025)
- Faraday School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Gatehouse School Independent, inspected by ISI
- Jamiatul Ummah School Independent · Ofsted: Outstanding (2025)
- London East Academy Independent · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- London Islamic School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2024)
- Madani Secondary Girls' School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2025) · 0% A*/A at A level
- Mazahirul Uloom London School Independent · Ofsted: Good (2023)
- OMG Education Independent · Ofsted: Good (2025)
- The Complete Works Independent · Ofsted: Outstanding (2025)
Alternative provision
1 school.
- London East Alternative Provision Pupil referral unit · Ofsted: Outstanding (2024)
Page updated 26 September 2026.