Sir William Burrough Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E14 7PQ
Composite score
56.3
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#5,059
National rank
#1014
In London
#34
In Tower Hamlets
Top 34%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
74%
% achieving higher RWM
7%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
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%
27 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
58
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.52
1 per place
1.3920221.2120231.0220240.9720250.962026

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

Every child who put Sir William Burrough 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
326
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
90.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
19.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
17.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£9,470
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Sir William Burrough Primary School at a glance

Located in London, Tower Hamlets, Sir William Burrough Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 326 pupils aged 3 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 74% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That is down 11.0 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 34% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 7% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Sir William Burrough Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 27 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. Sir William Burrough 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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