The Aldgate School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 3–11 · London, City of London
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
2.06 miles
Published by City of London Corporation · offers on 16 April 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
The Aldgate School is a primary school in London, City of London for ages 3–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 12 June 2024. City of London has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2019 to 2026 entry.
The Aldgate School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 2.06 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2026 lived 2.06 miles away, further than in 2025 and 2019, and the 2026 figure was the longest of the 7 years.
- The Reception last distance swung sharply between some years, with the biggest move from 2023 to 2024.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 37 first-choice applications for 30 offers; 29 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (22%) were not offered a place.
- 60 of the 73 applications (82%) for Reception 2026 came from families living outside City of London; 19 offers went to them.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other City of London schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- St James's Passage, Duke's Place, London, EC3A 5DE
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- City of London
- Pupils on roll
- 229 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 12 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils grow into active citizens at this school.”
- “They are proud and happy to come to school every day.”
- “From the very youngest child, they follow the school’s clear expectations of how to treat one another.”
To improve
- “At times, however, there can be a lack of accuracy and richness in the language used with children.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 July 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 77% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 37 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 29 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.