Cubitt Town Primary School
Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs, London, E14 3NE
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Robyn Bruce
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 700
- Pupils on roll
- 679
- URN
- 100898
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02079874362
About this school
Cubitt Town Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 679 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Outstanding
- 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 | 88 | 90 | 83 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 64% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 7% | 10% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | 77% | 78% |
| Expected standard in maths | 72% | 78% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 74% | 76% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.80 | - | - |
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 Cubitt Town 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 | Tower Hamlets average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 67.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 64% | 68.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 63% | 68.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 695 |
| 2023/24 | 684 |
| 2024/25 | 694 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Cubitt Town Primary School compares
Cubitt Town Primary School ranked 51st of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 63% | 7.3% | 56.6% | 679 | — |
| Canary Wharf College, Glenworth | 85% | 4.7% | 9.9% | 308 | 0.4 miles |
| St Luke's Church of England Primary School | 64% | 7.9% | 36.3% | 393 | 0.4 miles |
| Canary Wharf College, East Ferry | 79% | 3.5% | 10.5% | 298 | 0.4 miles |
| Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School | — | 6.9% | 20.2% | 186 | 0.6 miles |
| Harbinger Primary School | 63% | 7.1% | 48.6% | 300 | 0.6 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.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 56.59%
- English as an additional language
- 63.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.34%
- Persistent absence
- 24.44%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Canary Wharf College, Glenworth0.4 miles
Primary · London
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St Luke's Church of England Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · London
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Canary Wharf College, East Ferry0.4 miles
Primary · London
-
Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
-
Harbinger Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Cubitt Town Primary School ranks 728th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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- Albemarle Primary School Primary
- Albion Primary School Primary
- Alderbrook Primary School Primary
- Aldersbrook Primary School Primary
- Alderwood Primary School Primary
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Common questions
- What year groups does Cubitt Town Primary School teach?
- Cubitt Town Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Cubitt Town Primary School?
- The headteacher of Cubitt Town Primary School is Ms Robyn Bruce, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Cubitt Town Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Cubitt Town 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 Cubitt Town Primary School?
- Cubitt Town Primary School has 679 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Cubitt Town Primary School full?
- Cubitt Town Primary School has capacity for 700 pupils and 679 on roll (97%), so it is close to full. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Cubitt Town Primary School a faith school?
- No. Cubitt Town Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Cubitt Town Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Cubitt Town Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Cubitt Town Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Cubitt Town Primary School rank locally?
- Cubitt Town Primary School ranked 51st of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 47% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Cubitt Town Primary School's absence rate?
- Cubitt Town Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.3% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Cubitt Town Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Cubitt Town 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.