Schools in Tower Hamlets
92 state-funded schools, 44,339 pupils. 97.8% of those carrying an Ofsted grade are Good or Outstanding, including 30 rated Outstanding.
Ofsted Management Information, Feb 2026. Grades are the current published rating, which may pre-date the school’s most recent visit.
Ofsted grades
1 school has been inspected under Ofsted's post-September-2024 report-card framework, which replaces the single 1–4 grade with separate judgments. Those are excluded from the percentages above rather than mapped onto the old scale, because the two scales have no clean equivalence. 1 school is awaiting a first inspection.
Quick answers
How many schools are there in Tower Hamlets?
Tower Hamlets has 92 state-funded schools teaching 44,339 pupils. 66 primary, 18 secondary, 4 special.
What percentage of schools in Tower Hamlets are Good or Outstanding?
97.8% of the 90 schools carrying an Ofsted grade in Tower Hamlets are rated Good or Outstanding: 30 Outstanding and 58 Good. 2 require improvement and 0 are rated Inadequate.
Which schools in Tower Hamlets are rated Outstanding?
30 schools are currently rated Outstanding by Ofsted in Tower Hamlets: Mulberry School for Girls, Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School, Swanlea School, Stebon Primary School, Woolmore Primary School, Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy, and 24 more listed below.
Rated Outstanding
Ofsted’s highest grade. Largest first; a grade can be several years old, so the year is shown.
- Mulberry School for GirlsSecondary1,647Outstanding 2024
- Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary SchoolSecondary1,373Outstanding 2021
- Swanlea SchoolSecondary1,281Outstanding 2024
- Stebon Primary SchoolPrimary703Outstanding 2023
- Woolmore Primary SchoolPrimary654Outstanding 2022
- Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm AcademyPrimary647Outstanding 2022
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm AcademyPrimary626Outstanding 2025
- Phoenix SchoolSpecial502Outstanding 2024
- Bigland Green Primary SchoolPrimary475Outstanding 2024
- Marion Richardson Primary SchoolPrimary469Outstanding 2024
- Lansbury Lawrence Primary SchoolPrimary452Outstanding 2024
- Thomas Buxton Primary SchoolPrimary411Outstanding 2023
- Mayflower Primary SchoolPrimary407Outstanding 2022
- Wellington Primary SchoolPrimary405Outstanding 2023
- Globe Primary SchoolPrimary363Outstanding 2024
- Canary Wharf College, GlenworthPrimary302Outstanding 2023
- Bygrove Primary SchoolPrimary249Outstanding 2023
- St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary SchoolPrimary232Outstanding 2019
- Mowlem Primary SchoolPrimary226Outstanding 2024
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary216Outstanding 2019
- Virginia Primary SchoolPrimary216Outstanding 2021
- St Agnes RC Primary SchoolPrimary207Outstanding 2024
- Stewart Headlam Primary SchoolPrimary197Outstanding 2023
- Solebay Primary - A Paradigm AcademyPrimary188Outstanding 2023
- Beatrice Tate SchoolSpecial127Outstanding 2021
- Childrens House Nursery SchoolNursery123Outstanding 2023
- London East Alternative ProvisionAlternative provision106Outstanding 2024
- Stephen Hawking SchoolSpecial98Outstanding 2013
- Alice Model Nursery SchoolNursery61Outstanding 2021
- Columbia Market Nursery SchoolNursery52Outstanding 2015
By phase
| Phase | Schools | Graded | Good or better |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | 66 | 66 | 98.5% |
| Secondary | 18 | 16 | 93.8% |
| Special | 4 | 4 | 100% |
| Nursery | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| Alternative provision | 1 | 1 | 100% |
Every school in Tower Hamlets
Showing 20 of 92 schools.
| New framework | Links | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St Paul's Way Trust School | Secondary | 1,884 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Mulberry School for Girls | Secondary | 1,647 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Central Foundation Girls' School | Secondary | 1,541 | Good2021 | OfstedWebsite | |
Morpeth School | Secondary | 1,513 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch | Secondary | 1,419 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School | Secondary | 1,373 | Outstanding2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College | Secondary | 1,352 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Swanlea School | Secondary | 1,281 | Outstanding2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
George Green's School | Secondary | 1,261 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Bow School | Secondary | 1,173 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Langdon Park Community School | Secondary | 1,061 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Bishop Challoner Catholic School Grade inherited from previous URN 100978 | Secondary | 1,034 | Good2021 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Oaklands School | Secondary | 880 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Stepney Park Primary School | Primary | 738 | Good2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Bonner Primary School | Primary | 704 | Good2019 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Stebon Primary School | Primary | 703 | Outstanding2023 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Cubitt Town Primary School | Primary | 694 | Good2025 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Manorfield Primary School | Primary | 691 | Good2024 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Woolmore Primary School | Primary | 654 | Outstanding2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
Marner Primary School | Primary | 651 | Good2022 | — | OfstedWebsite |
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