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Mowlem Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Mowlem Street, Bishops Way, Bethnal Green, London E2 9HE · mowlem.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 8249 6880
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 72%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.30 mi
- 0.48 km · walking distance · Reception, September 2024 entry · Tie-break · Tower Hamlets Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 222
- 12 over 210 places · 106%
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 45.1%
- First language not English
- 56.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2024, the last place offered under “Tie-break” went to a home 0.30 mi (479 m), walking distance from the school; in September 2023 it was 0.55 mi (880 m), walking distance. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 22 places were offered; 100% 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 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 29 | 33 | 1.1▲ | 88% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 28 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Tie-break | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 0.30 mi0.48 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.55 mi0.88 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, 72% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 12% 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 | |||
| ▲72% | 62% | ||
| ▲12% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 31 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Mowlem Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 30 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Oct 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2017Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Safeguarding Effective Sept 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (25 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 25
- 11% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 56% who had a child bullied