William Davis Primary School
Wood Close, Cheshire Street, London, E2 6ET
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Charlotte Barrington
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Bethnal Green and Stepney
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 151
- URN
- 100943
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02077391511
About this school
William Davis Primary School is a community primary school in London. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 151 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
- Good
- 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 | 30 | 28 | 23 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 77% | 79% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 10% | 11% | 9% |
| Expected standard in reading | 83% | 89% | 91% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 89% | 91% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 80% | 79% | 96% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 110.0 | 111.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.30 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - | - |
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 William Davis 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 | 79% | 68.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 83% | 68.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 199 |
| 2023/24 | 187 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How William Davis Primary School compares
William Davis Primary School ranked 5th of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 83% | 5.9% | 51.6% | 151 | — |
| Thomas Buxton Primary School | 71% | 6% | 48.8% | 404 | 0.2 miles |
| St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School | — | 8.8% | 46% | 145 | 0.2 miles |
| Osmani Primary School | 78% | 4.7% | 39.2% | 409 | 0.2 miles |
| Elizabeth Selby Infants' School | — | 7.7% | 49.7% | 258 | 0.3 miles |
| Stewart Headlam Primary School | 83% | 4.8% | 32.6% | 189 | 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)
- 51.63%
- English as an additional language
- 76.4%
- Overall absence
- 5.87%
- Persistent absence
- 12.41%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thomas Buxton Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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Osmani Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · London
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Elizabeth Selby Infants' School0.3 miles
Primary · London
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Stewart Headlam Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · London
Other schools in London
William Davis Primary School ranks 214th of the 948 ranked primary schools in London.
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Common questions
- What year groups does William Davis Primary School teach?
- William Davis Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of William Davis Primary School?
- The headteacher of William Davis Primary School is Ms Charlotte Barrington, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was William Davis Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected William Davis 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 William Davis Primary School?
- William Davis Primary School has 151 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is William Davis Primary School full?
- William Davis Primary School has capacity for 240 pupils and 151 on roll (63%), 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 William Davis Primary School a faith school?
- No. William Davis Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does William Davis Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records William Davis Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have William Davis 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 83% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does William Davis Primary School rank locally?
- William Davis Primary School ranked 5th of 61 primary schools in Tower Hamlets for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 41% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is William Davis Primary School's absence rate?
- William Davis Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are William Davis Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, William Davis 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.