Malmesbury Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.54 miles
Published by London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 16 April 2026
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Malmesbury Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 7 June 2023. Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2026 entry.
Malmesbury 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 | 1.54 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The Reception 2026 last distance offered was 1.54 miles, the 2nd longest of 11 Tower Hamlets primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance (middle figure 0.36 miles).
- For Reception 2026 there were 53 first-choice applications for 54 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it lower.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, School remains Good (7 June 2023), compares with 4 Outstanding, 3 Good and 1 no current grade among the 8 nearest primary schools in Tower Hamlets.
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 6% 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
- Coborn Street, Bow, London, E3 2AB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 453 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 7 June 2023
Strengths
- “Malmesbury is a happy and harmonious school.”
- “There are strong, professional relationships throughout the school.”
- “Adults set high expectations through the delivery of an ambitious and interesting curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, curriculum thinking in a few subjects is not as securely thought through to support teaching.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 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) | 67% | 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: 53 first-preference applications, 54 offers in total, 53 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.
- Wellington Primary School 0.3 mi Outstanding
- Olga Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Old Ford Primary - A Paradigm Academy 0.4 mi Outstanding
- St Agnes RC Primary School 0.5 mi Outstanding
- Solebay Primary - A Paradigm Academy 0.5 mi Outstanding
- Chisenhale Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- The Clara Grant Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Ben Jonson Primary School 0.6 mi Good