Malmesbury Primary School

Community school·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E3 2AB
Composite score
50.6
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#7,078
National rank
#1239
In London
#53
In Tower Hamlets
Top 48%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
6%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
53 first choices, 54 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
107
any preference, for 54 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8820220.8120230.8720240.9020250.982026

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

Every child who put Malmesbury 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
442
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
51.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
43.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
20.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
8.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.5%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.6%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.3
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,523
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Malmesbury Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Malmesbury Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 442 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 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 105 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 6% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Malmesbury Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 53 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 18.3 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. Malmesbury 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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