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Best primary schools in Tower Hamlets

60 of 72 primary schools ranked by Met expected standard (RWM) · all Tower Hamlets schools · secondary schools

Ranked on Met expected standard (RWM), 2024/25 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school. We hold real catchment boundaries for 66 of them.

58 of 72 rated Good or Outstanding
4 oversubscribed on first preference
10 Good or better and undersubscribed — the overlooked ones
Median Met expected standard (RWM): 71.0% (best 87.0%)

#	School	Met expected standard (RWM)	Ofsted	Places	Catchment
1	Bigland Green Primary School London	87.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.59 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
2	Canary Wharf College, Glenworth London	85.0%	Not judged	about even 1.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
3	St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School London	83.0%	Outstanding improving	oversubscribed 1.67 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
4	Stewart Headlam Primary School London	83.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
5	William Davis Primary School London	83.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
6	Columbia Primary School London	81.0%	Good	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
7	Globe Primary School London	80.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 0.88 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
8	Mayflower Primary School London	80.0%	Outstanding	oversubscribed 1.31 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
9	The Clara Grant Primary School London	80.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
10	Bygrove Primary School London	79.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.14 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
11	Canary Wharf College, East Ferry London hidden gem	79.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
12	Hague Primary School London	79.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
13	Osmani Primary School London	78.0%	Good	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
14	Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy London	78.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
15	Bangabandhu Primary School London	77.0%	Good	about even 1.04 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
16	Hermitage Primary School London	77.0%	Requires improvement	undersubscribed 0.81 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
17	Manorfield Primary School London	77.0%	Good	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
18	Stebon Primary School London	77.0%	Outstanding	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
19	Stepney Park Primary School London	77.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
20	Blue Gate Fields Junior School London	76.0%	Good declining	—	mapped
21	St Mary and St Michael Primary School London hidden gem	76.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.74 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
22	Old Palace Primary School London	75.0%	Good declining	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
23	Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy London	74.0%	Not judged	about even 0.91 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
24	Sir William Burrough Primary School London	74.0%	Not judged	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
25	St Agnes RC Primary School London	73.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
26	Ben Jonson Primary School London	72.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
27	John Scurr Primary School London	72.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
28	Mowlem Primary School London	72.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
29	St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School London hidden gem	72.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.8 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
30	Christ Church CofE School London	71.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
31	Lansbury Lawrence Primary School London hidden gem	71.0%	Outstanding improving	undersubscribed 0.84 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
32	Thomas Buxton Primary School London	71.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 1.12 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
33	Wellington Primary School London	71.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
34	Woolmore Primary School London hidden gem	71.0%	Outstanding improving	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
35	Cayley Primary School London	70.0%	Good declining	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
36	Kobi Nazrul Primary School London hidden gem	70.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.72 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
37	Lawdale Junior School London	70.0%	Good	—	mapped
38	Marner Primary School London	69.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
39	St Edmund's Catholic School London	69.0%	Good	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
40	Halley Primary School London	68.0%	Good declining	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
41	Malmesbury Primary School London	67.0%	Good	about even 0.98 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
42	Bonner Primary School London	65.0%	Good declining	about even 1.07 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
43	Cyril Jackson Primary School London	65.0%	Not judged	about even 0.9 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
44	Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy London	65.0%	Outstanding	about even 0.92 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
45	Marion Richardson Primary School London	64.0%	Outstanding	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
46	St John's Church of England Primary School London	64.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
47	St Luke's Church of England Primary School London	64.0%	Good declining	about even 0.86 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
48	St Saviour's Church of England Primary School London	64.0%	Outstanding improving	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
49	Cubitt Town Primary School London	63.0%	Not judged declining	about even 0.97 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
50	English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School London hidden gem	63.0%	Good declining	undersubscribed 0.78 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
51	Harbinger Primary School London	63.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
52	Olga Primary School London hidden gem	62.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.83 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
53	Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School London	62.0%	Good	about even 0.94 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
54	Chisenhale Primary School London hidden gem	61.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
55	Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School London	61.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
56	Arnhem Wharf Primary School London	60.0%	Good	about even 0.93 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
57	Harry Gosling Primary School London hidden gem	60.0%	Good	undersubscribed 0.79 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
58	Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy London	59.0%	Good	about even 1.0 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
59	St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation London	57.0%	Good improving	about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped
60	Seven Mills Primary School London	55.0%	Good declining	about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27	mapped

Also in Tower Hamlets

12 further primary schools with no published Met expected standard (RWM) for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Tower Hamlets, not a fairer one.

Al-Mizan School Ofsted: Good
Blue Gate Fields Infants' School Ofsted: Good
Buttercup Primary School Ofsted: Requires improvement
Daffodil Preparatory School
Date Palm Primary Ofsted: Outstanding
Elizabeth Selby Infants' School Ofsted: Good
Faraday School
Gatehouse School
Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School Ofsted: Not judged
St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School Ofsted: Good
St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School
Virginia Primary School

Applying in Tower Hamlets

Knowing which school is best is only half of it — these are the deadlines that decide whether you can apply at all.

Secondary application deadline 2026-10-31 · 2027 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2027 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2026; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2027-01-15 · 2027 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2027 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2027; apply via your home local authority.
Secondary National Offer Day 2027-03-01 · 2027 entry Secondary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — state school Year 7 place offers (1 March).
Primary National Offer Day 2027-04-16 · 2027 entry Primary National Offer Day for September 2027 entry — Reception place offers (16 April).
Secondary application deadline 2027-10-31 · 2028 entry Secondary Common Application Form (CAF) deadline for September 2028 entry (Year 7). National statutory deadline 31 October 2027; apply via your home local authority. Selective/grammar registration, if any, is a separate earlier deadline.
Primary (Reception) application deadline 2028-01-15 · 2028 entry Primary (Reception) application deadline for September 2028 entry. National statutory deadline 15 January 2028; apply via your home local authority.

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