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Malmesbury Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Community school
Coborn Street, Bow, London E3 2AB · malmesbury.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 8980 4299
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jun 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 67%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 453
- 86% of 525 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.4%
- First language not English
- 41.5%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 53 families put the school first and 54 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 | 54 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 58 | 52 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 45 | 39 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 53 | 43 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 57 | 50 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% 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 | |||
| ▲67% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●105 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 7 June 2023, Ofsted’s outcome for Malmesbury Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 6 Jun 2023
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2014
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Mar 2012Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Leadership and management Inadequate
What parents said
83% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (40 replies, to 1 April 2024).
- Recommend
- 83%
- Replies
- 40
- 8% · 1 Apr 2024
based on the 70% who raised concerns
based on the 40% who had a child bullied