Hermitage Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E1W 2PT
Composite score
66.4
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National rank
#599
In London
#17
In Tower Hamlets
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
77%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
22 first choices, 27 places
First choices per place
0.81
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
51
any preference, for 27 places

Every child who put Hermitage 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
272
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
43.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
83.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
12.9%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.1
Typical primary: 20.7

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

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About Hermitage Primary School

Hermitage Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 272 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Requires improvement' judgement from Ofsted. 77% 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 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 14% 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 Hermitage Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 27 Reception places. There are about 15.1 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% 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. If you are considering Hermitage Primary School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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