Osmani Primary School
Vallance Road, Whitechapel, London, E1 5AD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Oluremi Atoyebi
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 480
- Pupils on roll
- 409
- URN
- 100934
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02072478909
About this school
Osmani Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 409 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Strong standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 61 | 52 | 55 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 77% | 78% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 4% | 11% |
| Expected standard in reading | 87% | 87% | 85% |
| Expected standard in maths | 87% | 92% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 100% | 87% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108.0 | 107.0 | 108.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.70 | - | - |
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 Osmani 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 | 77% | 67.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 77% | 68.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 78% | 68.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 435 |
| 2023/24 | 414 |
| 2024/25 | 419 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Osmani Primary School compares
Osmani Primary School ranked 13th of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 78% | 4.7% | 39.2% | 409 | — |
| Thomas Buxton Primary School | 71% | 6% | 48.8% | 404 | 0.0 miles |
| St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School | — | 8.8% | 46% | 145 | 0.1 miles |
| William Davis Primary School | 83% | 5.9% | 51.6% | 151 | 0.2 miles |
| Stewart Headlam Primary School | 83% | 4.8% | 32.6% | 189 | 0.3 miles |
| Christ Church CofE School | 71% | 6% | 39% | 145 | 0.3 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)
- 39.21%
- English as an additional language
- 95.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.73%
- Persistent absence
- 11.99%
Location
Nearby schools
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Thomas Buxton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · London
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St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School0.1 miles
Primary · London
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William Davis Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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Stewart Headlam Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Christ Church CofE School0.3 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
Osmani Primary School ranks 332nd of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
- Abacus Belsize Primary School Primary
- Acton Gardens Primary School Primary
- Adamsrill Primary School Primary
- Addison Primary School Primary
- 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 Osmani Primary School teach?
- Osmani Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Osmani Primary School?
- The headteacher of Osmani Primary School is Mrs Oluremi Atoyebi, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Osmani Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Osmani 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 Osmani Primary School?
- Osmani Primary School has 409 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Osmani Primary School full?
- Osmani Primary School has capacity for 480 pupils and 409 on roll (85%), 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 Osmani Primary School a faith school?
- No. Osmani Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Osmani Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Osmani Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Osmani Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 77% in 2022/23 and 78% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Osmani Primary School rank locally?
- Osmani Primary School ranked 13th of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 84% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 66% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Osmani Primary School's absence rate?
- Osmani Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.7% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Osmani Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Osmani 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.