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Thomas Buxton Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Buxton Street, Bethnal Green, London E1 5AR · thomasbuxton.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 7247 3816
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.69 mi
- 1.11 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
- 404
- 84% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 50.7%
- First language not English
- 93.8%
- 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 0.69 mi (1.11 km), walking distance from the school. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 59 places were offered; 89% 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 | 59 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 53 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 44 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 42 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 50 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Tie-break | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.69 mi1.11 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, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 14% 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% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 29 March 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Thomas Buxton Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 28 Mar 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 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 Jun 2012Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
64% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (28 replies, to 1 January 2024).
- Recommend
- 64%
- Replies
- 28
- 6% · 1 Jan 2024
based on the 89% who raised concerns
based on the 68% who had a child bullied