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Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry[1]

Primary · ages 4–11

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Headline results

KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
KS2 79% 79% 2024/25[2]

Results

Primary (key stage 2)

Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
79% 2024/25[2]
Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
15% 2024/25[2]
Reading, average scaled score
108 2024/25[2]
Maths, average scaled score
110 2024/25[2]
All results, 2021/22
Not published[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[3]
Earlier years
Year Expected standard (reading, writing & maths) Higher standard (reading, writing & maths) Reading, average scaled score Maths, average scaled score
2023/24 86%[4] 17%[4] 111[4] 111[4]
2022/23 69%[5] 17%[5] 109[5] 110[5]
2018/19 72%[6] 13%[6] 109[6] 109[6]
2017/18 55%[7] 15%[7] 108[7] 106[7]

Ofsted

Latest inspection
21 Sep 2022[8]
Type
S5 Inspection[8]
Report published
10 Nov 2022[8]
Personal development
Good[8]
Quality of education
Good[8]
Overall effectiveness
Good[8]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[8]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[8]
Early years provision (where applicable)
Good[8]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[8]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Reception

Applications per place
4.0 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Applications (any preference)
174 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences
37 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Places offered
44 Entry Sept 2026[9]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[9]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 163[9] 48[9] 43[9] 3.8[9] 1.1[9]
Entry Sept 2024 196[9] 47[9] 44[9] 4.5[9] 1.1[9]
Entry Sept 2023 211[9] 77[9] 56[9] 3.8[9] 1.4[9]
Entry Sept 2022 223[9] 101[9] 48[9] 4.6[9] 2.1[9]

Character & practicalities

Type
Free schools[1]
Ages
4–11[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Faith
Christian[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
280[1]
Trust
UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS TRUST, EAST LONDON[1]
Local authority
Tower Hamlets[1]
Website
www.canarywharfcollege.co.uk/[1]
District
Tower Hamlets[10]
Postcode
E14 3BA[1]
URN
137016[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
306 2024/25[11]
English as an additional language
35.6% 2024/25[11]
SEN support
16.3% 2024/25[11]
EHC plan
4.9% 2024/25[11]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10.5% 2024/25[11]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
53.7%[12]
Mixed
20.1%[12]
Asian
20.8%[12]
Black
4.4%[12]
Any other ethnic group
1%[12]
Unclassified
0%[12]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Key stage 2 attainment: national headlines 2021/22. Period 2021/22. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quotes (2)
    We will not publish key stage 2 data for academic year 2021/22 in performance tables (also known as Compare School and College Performance).
    This is the first publication of key stage 2 attainment statistics since 2019 due to cancellation of 2020 and 2021 assessments during the pandemic.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2017/18, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.