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Tower Hamlets

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Schools by level

Elementary 66 · High school 18 · Other / combined 9

At a glance

Students: 43,748 (2026)
Schools: 93

Official rating

Ofsted latest inspections (as at 2026-09-30)

93 state schools
13 with a report card (from Nov 2025)
Single-word overall grade (inspections up to July 2024): Outstanding 13 · Good 24 · Requires improvement 2
9 inspected without an overall grade (from Sept 2024)
1 schools with no inspection listed

Ofsted data as published (as at 2026-09-30). Single-word overall grades (Outstanding, Good …) exist only for inspections up to July 2024; from September 2024 inspections gave no overall grade, and from November 2025 they produce area-by-area report cards. So no stars for England.

Ofsted management information (state-funded schools, latest inspections)

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Schools (93)

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Elementary 66

Arnhem Wharf Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 476
School remains Good · 2023
Bangabandhu Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 309
Good · 2023
Ben Jonson Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 591
Good · 2024
Bigland Green Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 477
School remains Outstanding · 2024
Blue Gate Fields Infants' School
Grades Ages 3–7 · Tower Hamlets · Students 336
Standards maintained · 2024
Blue Gate Fields Junior School
Grades Ages 7–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 350
Good · 2023
Bonner Primary School
Grades Ages 4–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 640
Good · 2025
Bygrove Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 247
Outstanding · 2023
Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry
Grades Ages 4–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 298
Good · 2022
Canary Wharf Primary, Glenworth
Grades Ages 4–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 308
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Cayley Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 388
School remains Good · 2022
Chisenhale Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 322
Good · 2024
Christ Church CofE School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 145
School remains Good · 2023
Columbia Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 416
Good · 2023
Cubitt Town Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 679
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 623
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Cyril Jackson Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 448
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Elizabeth Selby Infants' School
Grades Ages 2–7 · Tower Hamlets · Students 258
School remains Good · 2023
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 177
Report card · 2026
Globe Primary School
Grades Ages 2–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 412
School remains Outstanding · 2024
Hague Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 205
School remains Good · 2022
Halley Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 194
Good · 2023
Harbinger Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 300
Good · 2023
Harry Gosling Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 407
School remains Good · 2023
Hermitage Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 269
Requires improvement · 2023
John Scurr Primary School
Grades Ages 2–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 494
Good · 2023
Kobi Nazrul Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 227
Improved significantly · 2025
Lansbury Lawrence Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 451
Outstanding · 2024
Lawdale Junior School
Grades Ages 7–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 205
School remains Good · 2023
Malmesbury Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 453
School remains Good · 2023
Manorfield Primary School
Grades Ages 2–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 652
Good · 2024
Marion Richardson Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 465
Outstanding · 2024
Marner Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 641
School remains Good · 2022
Mayflower Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 400
School remains Outstanding · 2022
Mowlem Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 222
School remains Outstanding · 2024
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 152
Report card · 2026
Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School
Grades Ages 4–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 186
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 660
Outstanding · 2022
Old Palace Primary School
Grades Ages 4–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 386
Good · 2023
Olga Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 490
Report card · 2026
Osmani Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 409
Report card · 2026
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 411
School remains Good · 2022
Seven Mills Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 227
Good · 2023
Sir William Burrough Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 294
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 170
Outstanding · 2023
St Agnes RC Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 214
Outstanding · 2024
St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School
Grades Ages 2–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 145
School remains Good · 2020
St Edmund's Catholic School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 206
School remains Good · 2023
St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School
Grades Ages 2–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 232
School remains Good · 2022
St John's Church of England Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 176
Report card · 2026
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 393
Good · 2023
St Mary and St Michael Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 347
School remains Good · 2023
St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 180
Standards maintained · 2025
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 198
Good · 2024
St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 233
Standards maintained · 2025
St Saviour's Church of England Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 198
Standards maintained · 2025
Stebon Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 695
Outstanding · 2023
Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 189
Good · 2023
Stepney Park Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 689
Good · 2023
Stewart Headlam Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 189
Outstanding · 2023
The Clara Grant Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 389
Report card · 2026
Thomas Buxton Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 404
School remains Outstanding · 2023
Virginia Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 214
School remains Outstanding · 2021
Wellington Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 396
Outstanding · 2023
William Davis Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 151
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Woolmore Primary School
Grades Ages 3–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 652
Outstanding · 2022

High school 18

Bishop Challoner Catholic School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 867
Good · 2021
Bow School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,126
School remains Good · 2023
Canary Wharf Secondary
Grades Ages 11–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 417
Requires improvement · 2024
Central Foundation Girls' School
Grades Ages 11–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,526
Report card · 2026
George Green's School
Grades Ages 11–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,256
School remains Good · 2022
Langdon Park Community School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,055
Report card · 2026
London Enterprise Academy
Grades Ages 11–16 · Tower Hamlets · Students 396
Graded, no overall grade · 2024
Morpeth School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,512
Good · 2023
Mulberry Academy London Dock
Grades Ages 11–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 304
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch
Grades Ages 11–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,457
Good · 2022
Mulberry School for Girls
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,634
Outstanding · 2024
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,364
Report card · 2026
Mulberry UTC
Grades Ages 14–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 536
Graded, no overall grade · 2025
Oaklands School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 902
Report card · 2026
St Paul's Way Trust School
Grades Ages 4–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,866
Good · 2022
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,445
Report card · 2026
Swanlea School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 1,253
Outstanding · 2024
Wapping High School
Grades Ages 11–16 · Tower Hamlets · Students 248
Good · 2023

Other / combined 9

Alice Model Nursery School
Grades Ages 2–5 · Tower Hamlets · Students 56
Report card · 2026
Beatrice Tate School
Grades Ages 11–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 134
Report card · 2025
Bowden House School
Grades Ages 5–18 · East Sussex · Students 39
School remains Good · 2023
Childrens House Nursery School
Grades Ages 2–5 · Tower Hamlets · Students 145
School remains Outstanding · 2023
Columbia Market Nursery School
Grades Ages 2–5 · Tower Hamlets · Students 56
Standards maintained · 2024
Ian Mikardo High School
Grades Ages 11–18 · Tower Hamlets · Students 67
Good · 2023
London East Alternative Provision
Grades Ages 5–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 101
Outstanding · 2024
Phoenix School
Grades Ages 3–19 · Tower Hamlets · Students 533
School remains Outstanding · 2024
The Hamlet School
Grades Ages 2–11 · Tower Hamlets · Students 93
Standards maintained · 2025

Checklist before renting in this district

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Checked the assigned school for the exact address with the official lookup before signing
Source:Department for Education (GOV.UK) (checked 2026-10-31)
Checked each school's admission criteria (distance, siblings, faith) in the council's booklet
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Asked the district or council whether boundary or admission changes are planned
Asked whether the assigned school has room (or sends overflow elsewhere)
Checked that the lease is accepted as proof of address on the enrolment list
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Asked how the assigned school supports English learners (ESL/EAL)
Checked the commute (school-bus eligibility, walking route)

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ESL / ELL support

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Sources

Ofsted management information: state-funded schools, latest inspections as at 30 September 20262026· Checked 2026-10-31

School and district lists come from the NCES Common Core of Data; ratings from each state education agency. Every number carries its year. No house prices, crime data or home-made rankings.

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