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Osmani Primary School

Primary · London · E1 5AD

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Strong standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Strong standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 27 January 2026 · report published 15 March 2026

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At a glance

409 pupils · 85% of 480 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
40.6% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
95.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
11% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.osmani.towerhamlets.sch.uk/
URN
100934

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 24 families named it first for 26 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 27 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

26 places offered · 24 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
78%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
108
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 school78%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
Tower Hamlets average71.2%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Old Palace Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood75%
Fleecefield Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood63%
Lea Valley Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood53%
Devonshire Junior AcademySmethwick · 106 miles awayExpected standard71%
Kenmore Park Junior SchoolHarrow · 11 miles awayGood60%
Arnhem Wharf Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayGood60%
Childs Hill Primary SchoolLondon · 7 miles awayGood56%
Raynham Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood42%
Green Lane Primary SchoolBradford · 173 miles awayGood48%
St Edmund's Catholic Primary SchoolEdmonton · 7 miles awayGood53%
Sir John Heron Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayStrong standard81%
The Clara Grant Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayExceptional80%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 90% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Black African 3% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Not recorded 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · 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)
5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
11.6%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.72 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
18.2
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 5% moved to another state school · 5% 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)

82.6% of teachers took sickness absence, 7 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 £56,551; 21.7% 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£10,471
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 69% (76%) · premises 10% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 22% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 8% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £200,212; in-year balance -£117,302

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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)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher45.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications20.7%18.1%
In managerial or professional work33.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways28.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health48.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier34.3%62.3%
Social housing31.7%17.1%
Privately rented33.5%20.5%
Detached houses2.2%22.9%
Flats68%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms14.6%21.1%
Households with no car or van69.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004308 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£520,000840 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£405,000–£700,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (93)£965,000
Flat (745)£490,000

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
38an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
278an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
43an 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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