Chisenhale Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E3 5QY
Composite score
51.3
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National rank
#1216
In London
#52
In Tower Hamlets
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
61%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
32 first choices, 44 places
First choices per place
0.73
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
122
any preference, for 44 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Chisenhale Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
321
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
25.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
19.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
9.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,196
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Chisenhale Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Chisenhale Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 321 pupils aged 3 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Chisenhale Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 32 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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