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Children in Tower Hamlets
How children here are doing, from the 2-year check to the end of primary school, set against England as a whole.
Health and early years
At a glance
| Measure | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|
| On track in all five areas at the 2 to 2½ year review 2024/25 lower | 73.7% | 81.4% |
| Good level of development at the end of Reception 2024/25 lower | 65.7% | 68.3% |
| Phonics check met in Year 1 2024/25 similar | 79.2% | 79.8% |
| Reception children living with obesity 2024/25 similar | 10.5% | 10.5% |
| Year 6 children living with obesity 2024/25 higher | 28.4% | 22.2% |
| MMR first dose by age 2 2024/25 lower | 81.6% | 88.9% |
| MMR two doses by age 5 2024/25 lower | 73.6% | 83.7% |
| 5-year-olds with visible tooth decay 2023/24 higher | 30.1% | 22.4% |
| Primary pupils persistently absent 2024/25 higher | 17.8% | 13.0% |
| Children in relative low-income families (under 16) 2024/25 higher | 26.7% | 19.8% |
“Higher” or “lower” means the difference from England is bigger than the margin of error; “similar” means it isn’t. These are figures for all children in the council area, not for any one school or child.
End of primary school
Year 6 reading, writing and maths
| Year | Tower Hamlets | England |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 72% | 65% |
| 2021/22 | 67% | 59% |
| 2022/23 | 68% | 60% |
| 2023/24 | 71% | 61% |
| 2024/25 | 69% | 63% |
| 2025/26 | 72% | 63% |
Share of pupils in state-funded schools meeting the expected standard in all three. 2025/26 figures are provisional. There were no tests in 2019/20 or 2020/21.
Schools
Primary schools in Tower Hamlets
67 schools
- Arnhem Wharf Primary School London
- Bangabandhu Primary School London
- Ben Jonson Primary School London
- Bigland Green Primary School London
- Blue Gate Fields Infants' School London
- Blue Gate Fields Junior School London
- Bonner Primary School London
- Bygrove Primary School London
- Canary Wharf College, East Ferry London
- Canary Wharf College, Glenworth London
- Cayley Primary School London
- Chisenhale Primary School London
- Christ Church CofE School London
- Columbia Primary School London
- Cubitt Town Primary School London
- Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy London
- Cyril Jackson Primary School London
- Elizabeth Selby Infants' School London
- English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School London
- Globe Primary School London
- Hague Primary School London
- Halley Primary School London
- Harbinger Primary School London
- Harry Gosling Primary School London
- Hermitage Primary School London
- John Scurr Primary School London
- Kobi Nazrul Primary School London
- Lansbury Lawrence Primary School London
- Lawdale Junior School London
- Malmesbury Primary School London
- Manorfield Primary School London
- Marion Richardson Primary School London
- Marner Primary School London
- Mayflower Primary School London
- Mowlem Primary School London
- Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy London
- Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School London
- Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy London
- Old Palace Primary School London
- Olga Primary School London
- Osmani Primary School London
- Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School London
- Seven Mills Primary School London
- Sir William Burrough Primary School London
- Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy London
- St Agnes RC Primary School London
- St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School London
- St Edmund's Catholic School London
- St Elizabeth's Catholic Primary School London
- St John's Church of England Primary School London
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School London
- St Mary and St Michael Primary School London
- St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation London
- St Paul's Way Trust School London
- St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School London
- St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School London
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School London
- Stebon Primary School London
- Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School London
- Stepney Park Primary School London
- Stewart Headlam Primary School London
- The Clara Grant Primary School London
- Thomas Buxton Primary School London
- Virginia Primary School London
- Wellington Primary School London
- William Davis Primary School London
- Woolmore Primary School London