Tower Hamlets schools and admissions data

Tower Hamlets Borough Council has 83 primary schools and 34 secondary schools. 13% of Tower Hamlets's schools are private schools. 56 state schools in Tower Hamlets follow the local authority's admissions criteria, while 40 set their own.

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Ofsted ratings
in Tower Hamlets

  1. Outstanding 31
  2. Good 56
  3. Requires Improvement 2
  4. Inadequate 2

Most popular state schools
in Tower Hamlets in 2019

  1. Primary
  2. Secondary
  1. 1

    St Paul's Way Trust School

    Academy converter • London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  2. 2

    Canary Wharf College, East Ferry

    Free schools • Isle of Dogs, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Sir William Burrough Primary School

    Academy converter • Limehouse, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Bygrove Primary School

    Academy converter • Poplar, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    St Saviour's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Poplar, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  6. 6

    Globe Primary School

    Community school • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Bigland Green Primary School

    Community school • Wapping, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  8. 8

    Canary Wharf College, Glenworth

    Free schools • Isle of Dogs, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Columbia Primary School

    Community school • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Good

  10. 10

    Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Poplar, London

    Ofsted: Good

  11. 11

    Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy

    Academy converter • Poplar, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  12. 12

    Cubitt Town Infants' School

    Community school • Isle of Dogs, London

    Ofsted: Requires Improvement

  13. 13

    The Clara Grant Primary School

    Academy converter • Bow, London

    Ofsted: Good

  14. 14

    St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  15. 15

    St John's Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Good

  16. 16

    St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Whitechapel, London

    Ofsted: Good

  17. 17

    St Matthias Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Good

  18. 18

    St Agnes RC Primary School

    Voluntary aided school • Bow, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  19. 19

    Old Palace Primary School

    Community school • Bow, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  20. 20

    Bonner Primary School

    Community school • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Good

  1. 1

    Canary Wharf College 3

    Free schools • London

    Ofsted: None

  2. 2

    Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School

    Voluntary aided school • Stepney, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  3. 3

    Mulberry School for Girls

    Academy converter • Commercial Road, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  4. 4

    Morpeth School

    Community school • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  5. 5

    Central Foundation Girls' School

    Voluntary aided school • London

    Ofsted: Good

  6. 6

    Swanlea School

    Community school • Whitechapel, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  7. 7

    Oaklands School

    Community school • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Good

  8. 8

    Mulberry Academy Shoreditch

    Academy converter • Bethnal Green, London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  9. 9

    Bishop Challoner Girls' School

    Voluntary aided school • London

    Ofsted: Outstanding

  10. 10

    George Green's School

    Voluntary controlled school • Isle of Dogs, London

    Ofsted: Good

Popularity is based on the number of first preference applications a school received compared to the number of places available, where we have this data. Where places available data isn't held, first preferences are compared to the number of offers made.

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