Schools in Tower Hamlets[1]

Local authority district E09000030 · 123 open schools[2]

Neighbourhood deprivation

The district's 169 neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs)[3] by their place in England's Index of Multiple Deprivation, in fifths of all neighbourhoods (1 in 5 of England's neighbourhoods is in each fifth):

most deprived 20%: 73 (43%)[4]
second 20%: 53 (31%)[4]
middle 20%: 21 (12%)[4]
fourth 20%: 14 (8%)[4]
least deprived 20%: 8 (5%)[4]

Index of Multiple Deprivation 2025 deciles grouped in pairs; it describes the neighbourhoods, not the pupils who attend the district's schools.

By kind of deprivation

The share of the district's neighbourhoods in each fifth of England's on each part of the index (the most deprived 20% are deciles 1 and 2, where 1 is the most deprived 10% of England's neighbourhoods):

Measure	Most deprived 20%	Second	Middle	Fourth	Least deprived 20%
Income	61%[4]	21%[4]	10%[4]	4%[4]	4%[4]
Employment	22%[4]	38%[4]	17%[4]	8%[4]	15%[4]
Education and skills	2%[4]	27%[4]	32%[4]	27%[4]	12%[4]
Health and disability	20%[4]	50%[4]	21%[4]	9%[4]	1%[4]
Crime	30%[4]	41%[4]	16%[4]	11%[4]	2%[4]
Housing and services	59%[4]	30%[4]	7%[4]	4%[4]	0%[4]
Living environment	36%[4]	46%[4]	12%[4]	4%[4]	2%[4]
Children in low-income families	78%[4]	13%[4]	5%[4]	2%[4]	2%[4]

English Indices of Deprivation 2025. Income: People on low incomes: out of work, or in work on low pay, and receiving benefits or tax credits. Employment: Working-age people out of work through unemployment, sickness, disability or caring. Education and skills: Low attainment and skills: children's results and staying on in education, adults' qualifications and English. Health and disability: Risk of early death and of a poorer quality of life through ill health or disability. Crime: Risk of personal and material victimisation: recorded violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage. Housing and services: Barriers to housing and services: distance to a GP, school, shop and post office, and housing that is unaffordable, overcrowded or hard to get. Living environment: The quality of the local environment: housing in poor condition or without central heating, air quality and road accidents. Children in low-income families: Children aged 0–15 living in income-deprived families (the IDACI, part of the income measure).

Census 2021

Shares in the district's neighbourhoods together, on census day (21 March 2021):

Households that own their home: 23.1% of 120,506 households[5] (England: 61.3%[5])
Adults with a degree or similar: 50.3% of 252,914 residents aged 16 and over[6] (England: 33.9%[6])
Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: 20.9% of 252,942 residents aged 16 and over[7] (England: 13.2%[7])

Households that own their home: Households that own their home outright or with a mortgage or loan (shared ownership not included), of all households. Adults with a degree or similar: Residents aged 16 and over whose highest qualification is Level 4 or above (a degree, HND, NVQ level 4 or higher), of all residents aged 16 and over. Adults in higher managerial and professional jobs: Residents aged 16 and over in higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations (NS-SEC classes 1–3, by their current or most recent job), of all residents aged 16 and over.

Secondary schools (19)

School	Ages	Headline results
Bishop Challoner Catholic School	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Bow School	11–18[2]	A8 44 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
Canary Wharf Secondary	11–19[2]	A8 51 2025/26[8]
Central Foundation Girls' School	11–19[2]	A8 53 2025/26[8] AL C+ 2024/25[9]
East London Arts & Music	16–19[2]	AL C+ 2024/25[9]
George Green's School	11–19[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Langdon Park Community School	11–18[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8] AL C 2024/25[9]
London Enterprise Academy	11–16[2]	A8 49 2025/26[8]
Morpeth School	11–18[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Mulberry Academy London Dock	11–19[2]
Mulberry Academy Shoreditch	11–19[2]	A8 46 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Mulberry School for Girls	11–18[2]	A8 57 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Mulberry Stepney Green Mathematics and Computing College	11–18[2]	A8 50 2025/26[8] AL C- 2024/25[9]
Mulberry UTC	14–19[2]	A8 29 2025/26[8] AL D+ 2024/25[9]
Oaklands School	11–18[2]	A8 48 2025/26[8] AL B 2024/25[9]
St Paul's Way Trust School	4–18[2]	A8 52 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9] KS2 66% 2024/25[10]
Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School	11–18[2]	A8 54 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Swanlea School	11–18[2]	A8 59 2025/26[8] AL B- 2024/25[9]
Wapping High School	11–16[2]	A8 47 2025/26[8]

Primary schools (66)

School	Ages	Headline results
Arnhem Wharf Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Bangabandhu Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Ben Jonson Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Bigland Green Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 87% 2024/25[10]
Blue Gate Fields Infants' School	3–7[2]
Blue Gate Fields Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
Bonner Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Bygrove Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry	4–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Canary Wharf Primary, Glenworth	4–11[2]	KS2 85% 2024/25[10]
Cayley Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Chisenhale Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Christ Church CofE School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Columbia Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 81% 2024/25[10]
Cubitt Town Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Culloden Primary - A Paradigm Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Cyril Jackson Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Elizabeth Selby Infants' School	2–7[2]
English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Globe Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Hague Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 79% 2024/25[10]
Halley Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 68% 2024/25[10]
Harbinger Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 63% 2024/25[10]
Harry Gosling Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 60% 2024/25[10]
Hermitage Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
John Scurr Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Kobi Nazrul Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Lansbury Lawrence Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Lawdale Junior School	7–11[2]	KS2 70% 2024/25[10]
Malmesbury Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 67% 2024/25[10]
Manorfield Primary School	2–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Marion Richardson Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Marner Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
Mayflower Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Mowlem Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 59% 2024/25[10]
Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School	4–11[2]
Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 65% 2024/25[10]
Old Palace Primary School	4–11[2]	KS2 75% 2024/25[10]
Olga Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Osmani Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 62% 2024/25[10]
Seven Mills Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 55% 2024/25[10]
Sir William Burrough Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 74% 2024/25[10]
Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy	3–11[2]	KS2 78% 2024/25[10]
St Agnes RC Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 73% 2024/25[10]
St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]
St Edmund's Catholic School	3–11[2]	KS2 69% 2024/25[10]
St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School	2–11[2]
St John's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St Luke's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
St Mary and St Michael Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 76% 2024/25[10]
St Paul With St Luke CofE Primary Federation	3–11[2]	KS2 57% 2024/25[10]
St Paul's Whitechapel Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 72% 2024/25[10]
St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
St Saviour's Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 64% 2024/25[10]
Stebon Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Stepney Greencoat Church of England Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 61% 2024/25[10]
Stepney Park Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 77% 2024/25[10]
Stewart Headlam Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
The Clara Grant Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 80% 2024/25[10]
Thomas Buxton Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
Virginia Primary School	3–11[2]
Wellington Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]
William Davis Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 83% 2024/25[10]
Woolmore Primary School	3–11[2]	KS2 71% 2024/25[10]

Independent schools (14)

School	Ages	Headline results
Al-Mizan School	7–11[2]
Buttercup Primary School	3–11[2]
Daffodil Preparatory School	5–11[2]
Darul Hadis Latifiah	11–20[2]	AL C+ 2024/25[9]
Date Palm Primary	2–11[2]
Faraday School	4–11[2]
Gatehouse School	3–11[2]
Jamiatul Ummah School	11–16[2]
London East Academy	11–16[2]
London Islamic School	11–16[2]
Madani Secondary Girls' School	11–18[2]	AL C 2023/24[11]
Mazahirul Uloom London School	11–16[2]
OMG Education	11–18[2]
The Complete Works	5–25[2]

Special schools and alternative provision (6)

School	Ages	Headline results
Beatrice Tate School	11–19[2]
Brick Lane School	5–18[2]
Ian Mikardo High School	11–18[2]
London East Alternative Provision	5–19[2]
Phoenix School	3–19[2]
The Hamlet School	2–11[2]

Nursery schools (3)

School	Ages	Headline results
Alice Model Nursery School	2–5[2]
Childrens House Nursery School	2–5[2]
Columbia Market Nursery School	2–5[2]

Other schools (15)

School	Ages	Headline results
Al Kafilah Damascus Shell School	3–11[2]
Bonny Island School	3–12[2]
CSPC International School, Hui Yang
Ecole Yenzi	3–11[2]
Haizira School
Ogunu School	3–11[2]
Oman Lng LLC School	4–11[2]
OSA School	4–11[2]
Panaga School	3–11[2]
Pdo Oman School	3–11[2]
Piasau School	3–11[2]
Rumukoroshe School	3–11[2]
Sakhalin International School
Tabangao School	4–7[2]
The British School of Teheran

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