Tower Bridge Primary School
Fair Street, London, SE1 2AE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Executive Headteacher
- Ms Katherine Wooder
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- The Bridges Federation
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 236
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- URN
- 100813
- Local authority
- Southwark
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02074072959
About this school
Tower Bridge Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 190 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Outstanding
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 26 | 28 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 58% | 57% | 59% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 75% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 65% | 68% | 69% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 62% | 61% | 69% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.20 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Tower Bridge Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Southwark average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 58% | 65.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 63.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 59% | 65.5% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 181 |
| 2023/24 | 187 |
| 2024/25 | 191 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Tower Bridge Primary School compares
Tower Bridge Primary School ranked 56th of 63 primary schools in Southwark for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 59% | 6% | 60.7% | 190 | — |
| Snowsfields Primary School | 61% | 7.3% | 52.9% | 180 | 0.3 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | 67% | 5.2% | 33.2% | 258 | 0.4 miles |
| Grange Primary School | 67% | 5.4% | 59.8% | 275 | 0.4 miles |
| St James' Church of England Primary School | 68% | 5.1% | 72.9% | 403 | 0.5 miles |
| Boutcher Church of England Primary School | 84% | 5.3% | 35.4% | 201 | 0.5 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 60.67%
- English as an additional language
- 31.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.96%
- Persistent absence
- 20%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Snowsfields Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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Grange Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
St James' Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
-
Boutcher Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Tower Bridge Primary School ranks 805th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
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- Ainslie Wood Primary School Primary
- Akiva School Primary
- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
- Alexander McLeod Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Tower Bridge Primary School teach?
- Tower Bridge Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the executive headteacher of Tower Bridge Primary School?
- The executive headteacher of Tower Bridge Primary School is Ms Katherine Wooder, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Tower Bridge Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Tower Bridge Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Tower Bridge Primary School?
- Tower Bridge Primary School has 190 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Tower Bridge Primary School full?
- Tower Bridge Primary School has capacity for 236 pupils and 190 on roll (81%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Tower Bridge Primary School a faith school?
- No. Tower Bridge Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Tower Bridge Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Tower Bridge Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Tower Bridge Primary School?
- Tower Bridge Primary School is part of the The Bridges Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Tower Bridge Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 58% in 2022/23 and 59% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Tower Bridge Primary School rank locally?
- Tower Bridge Primary School ranked 56th of 63 primary schools in Southwark for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 38% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Tower Bridge Primary School's absence rate?
- Tower Bridge Primary School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Tower Bridge Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Tower Bridge Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.