Christ Church CofE School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E1 6PU
Composite score
81.2
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#673
National rank
#227
In London
#2
In Tower Hamlets
Top 5%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
71%
% achieving higher RWM
35%
Reading average scaled score
114.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
9 first choices, 9 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
20
any preference, for 9 places
Applications from another council area
10%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
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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 Christ Church CofE 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
153
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
57.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
14.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£10,631
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Christ Church CofE School at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Christ Church CofE School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Church of England religious character. The school educates roughly 153 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 71% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 9.0 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 among the top 5% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 114 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 35% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Christ Church CofE School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 9 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 14.9 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% 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. Christ Church CofE 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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