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St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School

Primary · London · E1W 3QT

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Outstanding (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Outstanding in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. Treat an Outstanding of this age with care: Outstanding schools were exempt from routine re-inspection until 2020, so these grades are among the oldest on record.

Inspected 26 March 2019

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At a glance

233 pupils · 97% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
Free school meals
19.7% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
38.4% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
39.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
5.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.splds.org.uk
URN
100960

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 50 families named it first for 30 Reception places, 1.67 first choices per place. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Outstanding, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.67 first-choice applications per place

30 places offered · 50 first-choice applications · heavily 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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

24 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
21%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
109
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
111
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 peers50.5%
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
Gloucester Road Primary SchoolCheltenham · 91 miles awayOutstanding (2017)38%
Fossdene Primary SchoolLondon · 4 miles awayExpected standard80%
Broomhill Junior SchoolBristol · 107 miles awayExpected standard49%
New Close Primary SchoolWarminster · 94 miles awayExpected standard68%
Churchdown Parton Manor Junior SchoolGloucester · 95 miles awayGood52%
Southcote Primary SchoolReading · 41 miles awayGood31%
Thameside Primary SchoolAbingdon · 54 miles awayGood48%
George Tomlinson Primary SchoolLondon · 5 miles awayGood70%
St Frideswide Church of England Primary SchoolOxford · 53 miles awayGood33%
St Paul's Cray Church of England Primary SchoolOrpington · 11 miles awayGood32%
Beaumont Community Primary SchoolHadleigh · 57 miles awayGood67%
Littletown Junior Infant and Nursery SchoolLiversedge · 168 miles awayGood72%

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%) · Any other White background 25% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · Asian Bangladeshi 15% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 8% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Tower Hamlets 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 3% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 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)
4.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
7.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

1.72 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)

92% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 8% 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)

53.3% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.7 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 £64,820; 21.4% 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£9,813
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 4% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 10% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 5% (3%) · catering 7% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £139,261; in-year balance +£5,792

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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)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher69.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications9.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work63.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health61.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier43.9%62.3%
Social housing12.1%17.1%
Privately rented43.8%20.5%
Detached houses0.9%22.9%
Flats84.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms4.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van52.6%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004297 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£562,5001,013 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£420,000–£845,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Semi-detached (5)£800,000
Terraced (81)£825,000
Flat (923)£540,000

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
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
64an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
13an 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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