Voluntary aided school · Tower Hamlets

St Edmund's Catholic School

3–11Ages
206Pupils
PrimaryPhase
Roman CatholicReligious character
100951URN

299 Westferry Road, Millwall, London, E14 3RS · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodNov 2012

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2023

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

2.9per place

0.9 above Tower Hamlets median (2.0)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Tower Hamlets

78 applications for 27 places · 9th of 58 in Tower Hamlets

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%met the expected standard

Tower Hamlets 71% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodNov 2012

School remains GoodUngraded inspection · Jan 2023

Inspection history

19 January 2023
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good
21 November 2012
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

2.9applications per place, Reception

0.9 above Tower Hamlets median (2.0) 0.7 above England median (2.2)

78 applications · 27 places offered · 26 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

2026 2.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2025 3.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2024 3.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.2
2023 4.1; Tower Hamlets median median 2.1
2022 3.5; Tower Hamlets median median 2.1
2021 4.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.0
2020 4.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.2
2019 3.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.4
2018 4.4; Tower Hamlets median median 2.5
2017 4.6; Tower Hamlets median median 2.5
2016 3.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.7
2015 3.9; Tower Hamlets median median 2.8
2014 5.5; Tower Hamlets median median 3.1

More applications per place than the Tower Hamlets median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Tower Hamlets median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	27	78	2.9	26	0.96
Sep 2025	24	87	3.6	21	0.88
Sep 2024	30	118	3.9	45	1.50
Sep 2023	30	123	4.1	42	1.40
Sep 2022	29	102	3.5	31	1.07
Sep 2021	30	137	4.6	31	1.03
Sep 2020	30	139	4.6	40	1.33
Sep 2019	30	101	3.4	29	0.97
Sep 2018	30	132	4.4	33	1.10
Sep 2017	30	139	4.6	28	0.93
Sep 2016	30	118	3.9	31	1.03
Sep 2015	30	118	3.9	34	1.13
Sep 2014	29	159	5.5	36	1.24

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 85% · Writing 77% · Maths 73% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%38th of 60 in Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets 71% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard85%

Tower Hamlets 83% England 78%

Higher standard27%

Tower Hamlets 39% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard77%

Tower Hamlets 79% England 75%

Greater depth8%

Tower Hamlets 16% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard73%

Tower Hamlets 83% England 77%

Higher standard19%

Tower Hamlets 34% England 24%

Average scaled score 105 (100 = expected standard)

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Tower Hamlets median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	69%	8%	106	105
2023/24	68%	0%	105	107
2022/23	86%	11%	110	111

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

St Edmund's Catholic SchoolThis school
This school

Remains Good2023

2.9applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Harbinger Primary School
0.3 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2023

2.5applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Arnhem Wharf Primary School
0.5 km · Tower Hamlets

Remains Good2023

2.4applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Canary Wharf Primary, East Ferry
0.7 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2022

4.0applications per place 79%met the SATs standard
Seven Mills Primary School
0.8 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2023

2.4applications per place 55%met the SATs standard
Cubitt Town Primary School
1.0 km · Tower Hamlets

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.0applications per place 63%met the SATs standard
Deptford Park Primary School
1.1 km · Lewisham

Remains Good2022

3.6applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
Grinling Gibbons Primary School
1.2 km · Lewisham

Good2022

2.6applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Luke's Church of England Primary School
1.2 km · Tower Hamlets

Good2023

3.2applications per place 64%met the SATs standard

School details

Type: Voluntary aided school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 100951 · 211/3431
Religious character: Roman Catholic
Capacity: 225 pupils · 206 on roll
Free school meals: 20.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery: Has nursery classes
Address: 299 Westferry Road, Millwall, London, E14 3RS
Local authority: Tower Hamlets

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources