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Mulberry Canon Barnett Primary Academy

Primary · London · E1 7RQ

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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: Strong standardInclusion: Strong standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 9 June 2026 · report published 15 July 2026

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At a glance

152 pupils · 48% of 315 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
36.8% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
59.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
19.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.canonbarnett.towerhamlets.sch.uk
URN
148769

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 12 families named it first for 12 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 9 June 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

1.00 first-choice applications per place

12 places offered · 12 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
59%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
4%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
104
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 school59%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
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 Wilfrid's Catholic Primary School, GatesheadGateshead · 246 miles awayNo current grade39%
Pearson Primary SchoolHull · 155 miles awayGood53%
St Peter's CofE Primary SchoolPlymouth · 194 miles awayGood67%
Avonmore Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayOutstanding76%
St Paul's CofE Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 247 miles awayGood69%
Stratford Manor Primary School & NurseryLondon · 4 miles awayGood73%
St Clare's Catholic Primary SchoolLiverpool · 177 miles awayGood33%
Pilgrims' Way Primary SchoolLondon · 3 miles awayNo current grade66%
St Mary's RC Primary SchoolLondon · 6 miles awayGood52%
St Luke and St Philips Church of England Primary SchoolBlackburn · 184 miles awayRequires improvement46%
North Walsall Primary AcademyWalsall · 110 miles awayGood60%
Holdbrook Primary School and NurseryWaltham Cross · 12 miles awayGood52%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Bangladeshi 74% (Tower Hamlets 61%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 7% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 2%) · Black African 6% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Tower Hamlets 6%, England 3%) · Any other White background 3% (Tower Hamlets 5%, England 7%) · Not recorded 2% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Tower Hamlets 3%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 4%) · Asian Pakistani 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 5%) · Any other Black background 1% (Tower Hamlets 1%, England 1%) · White British 1% (Tower Hamlets 8%, England 60%)

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)
18.6%
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
17.9
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

73% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 27% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 11.76% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 12.3 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 £53,975; 20% 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 (2024-25)

This school£10,700
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 70% (77%) · premises 8% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 12% (8%) · supplies and services 9% (9%) · educational supplies 2% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 8% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £210,000; in-year balance +£77,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
1/10among the most deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher44.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications18%18.1%
In managerial or professional work30%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways24.4%18.1%
Residents in very good health52.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier19.1%62.3%
Social housing35.7%17.1%
Privately rented44.7%20.5%
Detached houses0.1%22.9%
Flats93.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms12.3%21.1%
Households with no car or van77.2%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01004309 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£590,000699 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£450,000–£822,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Terraced (35)£850,000
Flat (664)£575,000

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
7an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
63an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
412an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
69an 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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