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Blue Gate Fields Infants' School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
King David Lane, Stepney, London E1 0EH · bluegatefieldsinfant.co.uk · 020 7790 3611
Overview
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained
- Ungraded inspection · Oct 2024
- Last distance offered
- 0.36 mi
- 0.59 km · walking distance · Reception, September 2026 entry · Tie-break · Tower Hamlets Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 336
- 66 over 270 places · 124%
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 27.4%
- First language not English
- 97.9%
- 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 0.36 mi (586 m), walking distance from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.47 mi (759 m), walking distance. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 81 families put the school first and 85 places were offered; 91% 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 | 85 | 81 | 1 | 91% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 90 | 85 | 0.9 | 98% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 90 | 80 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 89 | 79 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 90 | 82 | 0.9 | 96% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Tie-break | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.36 mi0.59 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.47 mi0.76 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.
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 9 October 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Blue Gate Fields Infants' School was: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 8 Oct 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
75% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (12 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 75%
- Replies
- 12
- 4% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 67% who raised concerns
based on the 33% who had a child bullied