Cubitt Town Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E14 3NE
Composite score
52.6
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#6,317
National rank
#1169
In London
#47
In Tower Hamlets
Top 43%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
63%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
78 first choices, 80 places
First choices per place
0.97
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
157
any preference, for 80 places
Last place offered lived
0.82 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 1318 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
n/a20220.9620230.9820241.0620250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

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

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
694
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
56.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
63.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
10.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
21.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,769
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Cubitt Town Primary School

Cubitt Town Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 694 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 63% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 1.0 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 in the top 43% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Cubitt Town Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 78 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.82 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. Overall pupil absence was 7.1%. There are about 17.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 57% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. Cubitt Town Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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