Bygrove Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.36 miles
Published by London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2025–2026 (miles)
Bygrove Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 15 November 2023. Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Bygrove 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 | 0.36 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 0.35 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Reception 2026's last distance offered was 0.36 miles, about the same as 2025: the 5th shortest of 11 Tower Hamlets primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- There were 32 first-choice applications for 28 Reception offers in 2026; 24 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 79% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest Tower Hamlets primary schools.
- Ofsted rated it Outstanding in November 2023; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Tower Hamlets, 4 are Outstanding, 3 Good and 1 has no current grade.
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
- Bygrove Street, Poplar, London, E14 6DN
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 247 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 49.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 15 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils have a keen and genuine interest in learning.”
- “They thrive in this safe and welcoming school, where all pupils are expected to achieve their best.”
- “Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) receive the support and guidance they need to be successful.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 January 2024 (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) | 79% | 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: 32 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 24 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.
- Mayflower Primary School 0.1 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Lansbury Lawrence Primary School 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School 0.2 mi School remains Good
- St Saviour's Church of England Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained
- Stebon Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding
- Woolmore Primary School 0.4 mi Outstanding
- Manorfield Primary School 0.5 mi Good
- Cyril Jackson Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged