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Lansbury Lawrence Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Cordelia Street, Poplar, London E14 6DZ · lansburylawrence.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 7987 4589
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 71%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 1.00 mi
- 1.61 km · walking distance · Reception, September 2025 entry · Tie-break · Tower Hamlets Council
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 451
- 31 over 420 places · 107%
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.5%
- First language not English
- 85.6%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2025, the last place offered under “Tie-break” went to a home 1.00 mi (1.61 km), walking distance from the school. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 46 families put the school first and 55 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 | 55 | 46 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 59 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 54 | 41 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 52 | 39 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 59 | 58 | 1 | 97% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Tie-break | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 1.00 mi1.61 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 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 | |||
| ▲71% | 62% | ||
| ▲15% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Lansbury Lawrence Primary School was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 7 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Outstanding
- Inspected
- 7 Feb 2024
- 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, Oct 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Oct 2022Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jul 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Sept 2010Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Good
What parents said
79% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (14 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 79%
- Replies
- 14
- 3% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 36% who had a child bullied