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Bigland Green Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Bigland Street, Wapping, London E1 2ND · biglandgreen.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 7702 7088
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Outstanding
- Ungraded inspection · Mar 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 87%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.33 mi
- 0.54 km · walking distance · Reception, September 2026 entry · Tie-break · Tower Hamlets Council
- Demand for places
- 1.6
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 477
- 99% of 480 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 35.2%
- First language not English
- 88.5%
- 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 0.33 mi (537 m), walking distance from the school; in September 2025 it was 0.29 mi (471 m), walking distance. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 89 families put the school first and 56 places were offered; 63% 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 | 56 | 89 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 60 | 84 | 1.4▲ | 71% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 87 | 1.5▲ | 68% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 79 | 1.3▲ | 76% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 96 | 1.6▲ | 63% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Tie-break | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 0.33 mi0.54 km | |
| September 2025 | 0.29 mi0.47 km | |
| September 2024 | 0.31 mi0.49 km | |
| September 2023 | 0.37 mi0.59 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, 87% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 15% 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 | |||
| ▲87% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲109 | 106 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
| ▲113 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 20 March 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Bigland Green Primary School was: School remains Outstanding.
- Outcome
- Remains Outstanding
- Inspected
- 19 Mar 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Sept 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 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 Oct 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good Safeguarding Effective
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (24 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 24
- 5% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 54% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied