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St Agnes RC Primary School

Primary · London · E3 3ER

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Outstanding

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: OutstandingBehaviour & attitudes: OutstandingPersonal development: OutstandingLeadership & management: OutstandingSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 28 February 2024

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At a glance

214 pupils · 91% of 235 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
33.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
33.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
29% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.st-agnes.towerhamlets.sch.uk/
URN
100949

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 27 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. Ofsted last graded it Outstanding on 28 February 2024, under the framework used before November 2025. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.9% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 27 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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
73%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
23%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school73%
Median of its 12 closest peers65.5%
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
Summerville Primary SchoolSalford · 167 miles awayNeeds attention45%
St Saviour's Church of England Primary SchoolLondon · under 1 mile awayOutstanding (2019)64%
Lionwood Junior SchoolNorwich · 95 miles awayGood45%
Brandling Primary SchoolGateshead · 245 miles awayGood70%
St Stephen's Catholic Primary SchoolWarrington · 169 miles awayGood70%
Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School BlackburnBlackburn · 184 miles awayExpected standard79%
Beech Hill Community Primary SchoolWigan · 179 miles awayExpected standard76%
Lower Kersal Community Primary SchoolSalford · 166 miles awayGood53%
Moorpark Junior SchoolStoke-on-Trent · 140 miles awayGood42%
Limbrick Wood Primary SchoolCoventry · 90 miles awayGood67%
Co-op Academy GroveStoke-on-Trent · 138 miles awayGood54%
Thorplands Primary SchoolNorthampton · 62 miles awayGood68%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 30% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 60%) · Black African 18% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other White background 11% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 8% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Black Caribbean 6% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 4% (Tower Hamlets 2%, England 2%) · Asian Bangladeshi 3% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 2% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 4%) · Any other Black background 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · 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)
5.9%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
18.2%
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
20.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

75% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 25% 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)

30.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.8 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 £53,863; 15.4% 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£8,465
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

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

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £232,127; in-year balance +£162,524

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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 higher45.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications14.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work34.6%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways21.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier25.8%62.3%
Social housing50%17.1%
Privately rented23.9%20.5%
Detached houses0.3%22.9%
Flats94.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van64.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004237 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£400,000984 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£325,000–£480,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (5)£770,000
Terraced (95)£835,000
Flat (883)£383,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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
39an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
287an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
49an 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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