Tower Bridge Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Southwark
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Southwark Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tower Bridge Primary School is a primary school in London, Southwark for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Southwark has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2024 to 2026 entry.
Tower Bridge Primary 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- 2024/25 results: 59% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Southwark.
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 20 of the 30 other Southwark primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 15 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 26.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 16.7 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Southwark.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Southwark schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Fair Street, London, SE1 2AE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Southwark
- Pupils on roll
- 190 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 63.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy and safe at this welcoming school.”
- “They are confident to share any concerns they have with a member of staff.”
- “They trust staff to ensure that their worries are dealt with appropriately.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, however, the learning is not consistently delivered in a knowledgeable and accurate fashion.”
- “For example, the resources used do not help to present information in a clear way, and some pupils become confused.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 April 2025 (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) | 59% | 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: 15 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 15 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Southwark.
- Snowsfields Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Grange Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St James' Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Boutcher Church of England Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding
- Riverside Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Saint Joseph's Catholic Primary School, the Borough 0.7 mi School remains Good
- The Cathedral School of St Saviour and St Mary Overie 0.7 mi Outstanding