Beatrice Tate School
41 Southern Grove, Mile End, London, E3 4PX
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Community special school
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Wayne Hazzard
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty, PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Poplar and Limehouse
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 128
- Pupils on roll
- 134
- URN
- 100989
- Local authority
- Tower Hamlets
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02089833760
About this school
Beatrice Tate School is a community special school in London. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 134 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 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
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 18 | 12 | 10 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Beatrice Tate 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 23% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 20.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 23.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 114 |
| 2023/24 | 122 |
| 2024/25 | 127 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 75.9%
- English as an additional language
- 49.6%
- Overall absence
- 23.06%
- Persistent absence
- 50%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Phoenix School0.3 miles
Special schools · London
-
Phoenix Autism Trust0.3 miles
Other types · London
-
Queen Mary University of London0.5 miles
Universities · London
-
Onelab College0.5 miles
Other types · London
-
Mazahirul Uloom London School0.6 miles
Independent schools · London
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- Abingdon House School Special schools
- Ambitious College Other types
- Area 51 Education Ltd Other types
- Beckmead College Academies
- Belmont Park School Special schools
- Beormund Primary School Special schools
- BeyondAutism Post-19 Other types
- Blanche Nevile School Special schools
- Blossom Rose School Special schools
- Brent Knoll School Special schools
- Brent River College Local authority maintained schools
Common questions
- What year groups does Beatrice Tate School teach?
- Beatrice Tate School teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a special school in London.
- Who is the headteacher of Beatrice Tate School?
- The headteacher of Beatrice Tate School is Mr Wayne Hazzard, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beatrice Tate School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beatrice Tate 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 Beatrice Tate School?
- Beatrice Tate School has 134 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Beatrice Tate School full?
- Beatrice Tate School has capacity for 128 pupils and 134 on roll (105%), so it is at or above 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 Beatrice Tate School a faith school?
- No. Beatrice Tate School has no designated religious character.
- What SEN provision does Beatrice Tate School have?
- The schools register lists Beatrice Tate School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty; PMLD - Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Beatrice Tate School's absence rate?
- Beatrice Tate School's overall absence rate is 23.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beatrice Tate School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beatrice Tate 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.