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Schools in the Tower Hamlets local authority

Tower Hamlets has 115 schools listed on OfferDay across 2 towns.

3 nursery schools · 66 primary schools · 17 secondary schools · 1 all-through school · 3 sixth forms and colleges · 9 special and alternative provision schools · 14 independent schools · 2 other establishments

About schools in Tower Hamlets

Most of the 115 schools listed in Tower Hamlets are primary schools. Its 17 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. One all-through school teaches every age from the early years to school-leaving age on a single site.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
70%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 63 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
47.9
average Attainment 8 score, across the 20 schools with published results

Top schools in Tower Hamlets

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Bigland Green Primary School 87%
  2. 2 Canary Wharf College, Glenworth 85%
  3. 3 St Peter's London Docks CofE Primary School 83%
  4. 4 Stewart Headlam Primary School 83%
  5. 5 William Davis Primary School 83%
  6. 6 Columbia Primary School 81%
  7. 7 Mayflower Primary School 80%
  8. 8 The Clara Grant Primary School 80%

Secondary

  1. 1 Swanlea School 56.9
  2. 2 Mulberry School for Girls 55.2
  3. 3 Central Foundation Girls' School 54.3
  4. 4 Stepney All Saints Church of England Secondary School 53.6
  5. 5 Canary Wharf College Crossharbour 52.9
  6. 6 Oaklands School 52.4
  7. 7 St Paul's Way Trust School 51.8
  8. 8 Morpeth School 49.2

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Tower Hamlets.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Tower Hamlets

How many schools are in Tower Hamlets?
OfferDay lists 115 schools in Tower Hamlets, including 66 primary schools and 17 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Tower Hamlets?
Every school in Tower Hamlets is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Tower Hamlets?
OfferDay ranks schools in Tower Hamlets where the Department for Education has published results, by key stage 2 scores for primary schools and Attainment 8 for secondary schools. The ranking links are near the top of this page. A results table only captures one part of a school, so use it to draw up a shortlist and then visit.
How many towns are in the Tower Hamlets local authority?
OfferDay groups the Tower Hamlets schools across two towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.