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The Clara Grant Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Knapp Road, Bow, London E3 4BU · claragrant.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 7987 4564
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Jul 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 80%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 0.25 mi
- 0.41 km · walking distance · Reception, September 2024 entry · Tie-break · Tower Hamlets Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 389
- 83% of 467 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 49.3%
- First language not English
- 88.4%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Boleyn Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2024, the last place offered under “Tie-break” went to a home 0.25 mi (405 m), walking distance from the school. Source: Tower Hamlets Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 43 families put the school first and 44 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 | 44 | 43 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 89% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 55 | 53 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 49 | 48 | 1 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception – Tie-break | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | 0.25 mi0.41 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, 80% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 16% 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 | |||
| ▲80% | 62% | ||
| ▲16% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100901)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected The Clara Grant Primary School on 7 July 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Exceptional
- Curriculum and teaching: Exceptional
- Achievement: Exceptional
- Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard
- Personal development and well-being: Exceptional
- Early years: Exceptional
- Leadership and governance: Exceptional
- Inspected
- 7 Jul 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Exceptional |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Exceptional |
| Achievement | Exceptional |
| Attendance and behaviour | Strong standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Exceptional |
| Early years | Exceptional |
| Leadership and governance | Exceptional |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Mar 2022
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Mar 2022Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Nov 2008Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (15 replies, to 2 January 2023).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 15
- 3% · 2 Jan 2023
based on the 80% who raised concerns
based on the 53% who had a child bullied