Bangabandhu Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.56 miles
Published by London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Bangabandhu Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 18 July 2023. Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Bangabandhu 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 | 0.56 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Of pupils here, 61.5% are entitled to free school meals, against a middle figure of 41.5% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tower Hamlets.
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.56 miles away, 5th longest of 11 Tower Hamlets primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 0.36 miles).
- There were 29 first-choice applications for 28 offers for Reception 2026; 27 offers went to first-choice families, and 2 first-choice families (7%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 5% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Wessex Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 0LB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 309 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 18 July 2023
Strengths
- “Leaders have designed a broad and ambitious curriculum for pupils.”
- “Leaders’ expectations of pupils’ academic achievement and behaviour are high.”
- “All pupils take part in a range of quality extracurricular activities, and pupils are happy and safe.”
To improve
- “The curriculum for pupils with SEND in the additionally resourced provision is less securely embedded than in the rest of the school.”
- “Leaders have recently identified that pupils require a detailed curriculum closely tailored to pupils’ needs.”
- “They are at the early stages of organising and implementing this new and improved curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 September 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) | 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: 29 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- Globe Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- John Scurr Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Bonner Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St John's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade
- Hague Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Stewart Headlam Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding
- St Elizabeth Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade
- Lawdale Junior School 0.5 mi School remains Good