William Davis Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E2 6ET
Composite score
64.4
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#2,764
National rank
#670
In London
#20
In Tower Hamlets
Top 19%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
83%
% achieving higher RWM
9%
Reading average scaled score
111.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
109.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
11 first choices, 12 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
25
any preference, for 12 places
Applications from another council area
4%
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 William Davis 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
174
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
76.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
15.0%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£11,400
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About William Davis Primary School

William Davis Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 174 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. 83% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 4.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 19% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 111 in reading and 109 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 9% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made William Davis Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 12 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 16.6 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 52% 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. William Davis 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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