St Agnes RC Primary School

Voluntary aided school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E3 3ER
Composite score
74.3
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#1,210
National rank
#345
In London
#9
In Tower Hamlets
Top 8%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
23%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
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%
27 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
45
any preference, for 27 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.23
00.511.5
1 per place
1.2120220.9320230.8820241.2320251.002026

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

Every child who put St Agnes RC 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
207
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
39.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
33.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
29.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
18.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
17.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,749
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About St Agnes RC Primary School

St Agnes RC Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a voluntary aided school with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 207 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 19.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 8% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 23% 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 St Agnes RC Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 17.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 40% 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. 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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