Old Palace Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · London, Tower Hamlets
Old Palace Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 11 January 2023.
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Catchment area for Old Palace Primary School
- The council’s catchment or priority area for this school, on the map
- Earlier years of applications and offers
- Earlier exam results, 2022/23 to 2023/24
- Which schools pupils move on to or come from
- Crime, sold prices and rents, broadband and transport around the school
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Key facts
- Address
- St Leonard's Street, Bow, London, E3 3BT
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 386 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 11 January 2023
Strengths
- “This inclusive school celebrates difference and promotes diversity.”
- “Pupils value the school’s ethos.”
- “As one pupil typically commented, ‘Learning about others makes us a tolerant society.”
To improve
- “In a few instances, staff subject knowledge in phonics is not strong.”
- “This affects how well they support pupils to develop their reading.”
- “Occasionally, pupils’ reading books are not well matched to the sounds that they know.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 May 2023 (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) | 75% | 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: 48 first-preference applications, 51 offers in total, 48 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 Tower Hamlets.
- St Agnes RC Primary School 0.2 mi Outstanding
- Marner Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Wellington Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding
- The Clara Grant Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good
- Manorfield Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- Malmesbury Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained
- Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy 0.9 mi Outstanding