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English Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School

Primary · London · E1 8DJ

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

Inspected 7 July 2026 · report published 24 September 2026

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At a glance

177 pupils · 74% of 240 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Voluntary aided school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic
Free school meals
27.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
57.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
24.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
1.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.englishmartyrs.towerhamlets.sch.uk
URN
100962

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 27 Reception places, 0.78 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 7 July 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.2% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.78 first-choice applications per place

27 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · usually has places

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
63%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
16%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
106
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 school63%
Median of its 12 closest peers61%
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
St Osburg's Catholic Primary SchoolCoventry · 87 miles awayGood62%
Our Lady's RC Primary SchoolHereford · 119 miles awayNeeds attention60%
Holy Cross Catholic Primary SchoolPlymouth · 194 miles awayGood64%
St Anthony's Catholic Primary School, BeestonLeeds · 168 miles awayOutstanding69%
St Winefride's RC Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood82%
English Martyrs Catholic Primary School, PrestonPreston · 191 miles awayGood41%
St James' Church of England Junior SchoolGloucester · 96 miles awayRequires improvement57%
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary AcademyLeeds · 171 miles awayGood58%
Eastborough AcademyDewsbury · 164 miles awayRequires improvement68%
St Cuthbert and the First Martyrs' Catholic Primary School, A Voluntary AcademyBradford · 174 miles awayGood69%
St Augustine's Catholic Primary and Nursery School, A Voluntary AcademyNottingham · 110 miles awayGood41%
Eldon Primary SchoolPreston · 191 miles awayNeeds attention26%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 26% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · White British 16% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 60%) · Black African 10% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 10% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Asian 6% (Tower Hamlets 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 6% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · White Irish 6% (Tower Hamlets 0%, England 0%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 3% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · 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)
5.2%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
16.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.58 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
19.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

72% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 19% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 20.62% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

9.1% of teachers took sickness absence, 2 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 £66,914; 27.3% 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£9,443
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 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£356,051; in-year balance +£41,729

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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)
8/10less deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher71.8%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications4.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work63.2%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health62.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier24.2%62.3%
Social housing6.8%17.1%
Privately rented69%20.5%
Detached houses0.8%22.9%
Flats94.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms5.2%21.1%
Households with no car or van81.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01032767 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£675,000895 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£465,000–£999,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (42)£1,075,000
Flat (853)£652,500

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
6an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
60an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
408an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
72an 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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