Cubitt Town Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.82 miles
Published by London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Cubitt Town Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 11 February 2025. Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Cubitt Town 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 2025 | 0.82 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025 Reception entry, the last child offered a place lived 0.82 miles away, the 3rd longest of 8 Tower Hamlets primary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 10% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- 2026 Reception entry had 78 first-choice applications for 80 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- 52.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tower Hamlets is 35.9%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Tower Hamlets schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Manchester Road, Isle of Dogs, Cubitt Town Primary School, Manchester Road, London, E14 3NE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 679 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 52.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 11 February 2025
Strengths
- “This is a caring and welcoming community school where everyone is treated as an individual.”
- “Families say staff are friendly, supportive and go ‘the extra mile’.”
- “Each morning, there is a warm greeting for pupils at the school gate.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, the curriculum is in an earlier stage of development.”
- “Where this is the case, pupils’ knowledge is not as secure.”
- “However, in some subjects the quality of pupils’ written work is variable.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 March 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) | 63% | 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: 78 first-preference applications, 80 offers in total, 78 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.
- Canary Wharf College, Glenworth 0.4 mi Not judged
- St Luke's Church of England Primary School 0.4 mi Good
- Canary Wharf College, East Ferry 0.4 mi Good
- Mulberry Wood Wharf Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Harbinger Primary School 0.6 mi Good
- St Edmund's Catholic School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Seven Mills Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Arnhem Wharf Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good