Columbia Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 3–11 · London, Tower Hamlets
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
1.27 miles
Published by London Borough of Tower Hamlets · offers on 16 April 2025
Unlock every school · £9.99 Open on the map →Columbia Primary School is a primary school in London, Tower Hamlets for ages 3–11 (academy converter). Tower Hamlets has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Columbia 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 | 1.27 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last Reception place in 2025 went to a child living 1.27 miles away, the longest of the 8 Tower Hamlets primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 81% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 19% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- In 2026, Reception entry drew 43 first-choice applications for 48 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 5 offers went to families ranking it second or lower.
- 24.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 42.8% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Tower Hamlets.
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
- Columbia Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 7RG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Tower Hamlets
- Pupils on roll
- 416 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 81% | 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: 43 first-preference applications, 48 offers in total, 43 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.
- Elizabeth Selby Infants' School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Virginia Primary School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Lawdale Junior School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- William Davis Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged
- Hague Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good
- Thomas Buxton Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- St Anne's and Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade
- Osmani Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade