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Bonner Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Stainsbury Street, Bethnal Green, London E2 0NF · bonner.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 8980 1004
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2019
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.30 mi
- 0.49 km · walking distance · Reception, September 2026 entry · Tie-break · Tower Hamlets Council
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 640
- 76% of 840 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 40.8%
- First language not English
- 89.8%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered under “Tie-break” went to a home 0.30 mi (487 m), walking distance from the school. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 32 families put the school first and 30 places were offered; 94% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 30 | 32 | 1.1▲ | 94% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 42 | 40 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 27 | 0.9 | 96% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 27 | 26 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 50 | 47 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Tie-break | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.30 mi0.49 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.42 mi0.68 km | |
How far from the school the last child offered a place lives.
These are walking distances. Your search point is measured in a straight line, so it is further on foot.
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 11% the higher standard. Across Tower Hamlets it was 69%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ▲11% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Bonner Primary School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 16 October 2019, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Feb 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Feb 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Oct 2019
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2019Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding
What parents said
68% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (19 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 68%
- Replies
- 19
- 3% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 84% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied