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Hermitage Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Academy
Vaughan Way, London E1W 2PT · hermitage.towerhamlets.sch.uk · 020 7702 1037
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2023
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 77%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Tower Hamlets 69%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 269
- 82% of 330 places
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 42.6%
- First language not English
- 81%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- The Letta Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 22 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 22 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 19 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 34 | 32 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 35 | 24 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 33 | 16 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 77% 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 | |||
| ▲77% | 62% | ||
| ▲14% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ▲110 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 100936)
Ofsted
Hermitage Primary School was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 10 May 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 10 May 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100936)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Mar 2014
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 100936), which Ofsted links to this one.
Before September 2019
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100936)
Mar 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100936)
Mar 2012Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 100936)