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Woolmore Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Woolmore Street, Poplar, London E14 0EW · woolmore.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 7987 2778
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Sept 2022
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 652
- 99% of 660 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.7%
- First language not English
- 60.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 69 families put the school first and 83 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 83 | 69 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 73 | 61 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 86 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 81 | 71 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 85 | 61 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 13% 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲13% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Woolmore Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 28 September 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 28 Sept 2022
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective Jul 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Mar 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
90% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (52 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 90%
- Replies
- 52
- 8% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 62% who raised concerns
based on the 38% who had a child bullied