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William Davis Primary School

Primary · London · E2 6ET

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SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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

Inspected 11 March 2025

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At a glance

151 pupils · 63% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
47.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
76.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
8.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.williamdavis.org.uk/
URN
100943

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 11 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 0.92 first choices per place. At its inspection on 11 March 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.92 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 11 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
9%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
111
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
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 school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers59%
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
Kilburn Grange SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood65%
Kingsmead Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayOutstanding85%
Seven Mills Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayGood55%
Windsor Community Primary SchoolLiverpool · 178 miles awayNeeds attention39%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolAccrington · 181 miles awayNeeds attention50%
Bygrove Primary SchoolLondon · 2 miles awayOutstanding79%
St George's CofE Primary SchoolHyde · 157 miles awayGood52%
St Augustine's CofE SchoolHalifax · 170 miles awayGood36%
St James CofE Primary SchoolEnfield · 9 miles awayGood63%
Merton Abbey Primary SchoolLondon · 9 miles awayGood67%
St Clement and St James CofE Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood71%
Hannah More Primary SchoolBristol · 108 miles awayRequires improvement32%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 83% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Black African 5% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Tower Hamlets 2%, England 2%) · Any other White background 1% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · White Gypsy/Roma 1% (Tower Hamlets 0%, England 0%)

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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
15.2%
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
15.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

76% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 24% 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)

69.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 6.7 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 £61,070; 16.7% 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£12,726
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 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 6% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£76,131; in-year balance -£61,200

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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 higher55.2%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work49.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways23.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health53.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier23.9%62.3%
Social housing33.5%17.1%
Privately rented42.2%20.5%
Detached houses2.1%22.9%
Flats80.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15%21.1%
Households with no car or van71.5%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01035668 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£540,000865 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£425,000–£720,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (93)£985,000
Flat (770)£513,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth 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
8an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
40an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
232an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
32an 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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