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Bonner Primary School

Primary · London · E2 0NF

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Good

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: GoodBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 16 October 2019

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At a glance

640 pupils · 76% of 840 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
40.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
82.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
12.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.bonner.towerhamlets.sch.uk/
URN
100891

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 32 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.07 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2024 entry went to 678 m (≈0.42 mi); distance decided places in 1 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2020 to 2024. Ofsted last graded it Good on 16 October 2019, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.07 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 32 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 678 m (≈0.42 mi) for 2024 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2024 entry) lived within 678 m (≈0.42 mi)

measured by shortest walking route.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

113 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
65%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
108
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
106
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school65%
Median of its 12 closest peers63.5%
Tower Hamlets average71.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is in line with the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Nelson Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood72%
Heybrook Primary SchoolRochdale · 169 miles awayGood73%
Cheetham CofE Community AcademyManchester · 165 miles awayGood55%
Stepney Park Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayGood77%
Pikes Lane Primary SchoolBolton · 173 miles awayRequires improvement54%
Cleves Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayExceptional84%
Galton Valley Primary SchoolSmethwick · 106 miles awayGood71%
Lapage Primary School and NurseryBradford · 172 miles awayNo current grade53%
Lever Edge Primary AcademyBolton · 172 miles awayGood63%
Latymer All Saints CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood59%
Raynham Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood42%
Eldon Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood64%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 76% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Black African 9% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 3% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · White British 3% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.4%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Tower Hamlets: 1.05 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
19.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

93% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 3% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

81.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 15.3 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £64,392; 17.6% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,804
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (76%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £731,314; in-year balance +£170,600

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher46.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.3%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.1%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier28.1%62.3%
Social housing44.6%17.1%
Privately rented27.4%20.5%
Detached houses1.1%22.9%
Flats60.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van55.4%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004266 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£497,500803 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£394,000–£715,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (5)£1,000,000
Semi-detached (6)£754,000
Terraced (154)£990,000
Flat (638)£450,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
5an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
23an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
138an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
25an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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