Virginia Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school London, Tower Hamlets·E2 7NQ
Composite score
67.7
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#2,123
National rank
#548
In London
#16
In Tower Hamlets
Top 14%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
79%
% achieving higher RWM
14%
Reading average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
24 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
54
any preference, for 24 places
Last place offered lived
0.36 mi
straight line, 2025 intake · 578 m
Applications from another council area
15%

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2025 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it. In 2026 the school was not oversubscribed, so no distance limit applied.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
37.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
48.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

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

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About Virginia Primary School

Virginia Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 216 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well 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 among the top 14% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 108 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). Virginia Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 24 families who put it first were offered a place. The council's own allocation figures show the last child offered a place for 2025 lived 0.36 miles away in a straight line — that distance is not a fixed catchment and moves each year. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 37% 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. Virginia 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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