Bygrove Primary School, London

In its own words: "Bygrove is a one-form entry primary school with a distinctive character. Staff & pupils are ambitious & confident - performance at KS2 shows our pupils consistently outperform their national peers & make significantly more progress - and yet we are small enough to feel like a big family. Our pupils are at the heart of everything we do."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, Lego, cooking and gardening.

The school runs a breakfast club and after-school care, from £1.00 per day.

In 2025, 93% of Year 6 pupils at Bygrove Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 93% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 82% and 82% in Tower Hamlets and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 77% in reading and 81% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 32 families put Bygrove Primary School as their first choice and 131 named it as one of their preferences, for 28 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 8 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state primary schools to Bygrove Primary School are Mayflower Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 86% reading, 90% maths); Lansbury Lawrence Primary School (under 0.1 miles, Outstanding, 81% reading, 81% maths); Our Lady and St Joseph Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles, Good, 70% reading, 74% maths); and St Saviour's Church of England Primary School (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 73% reading, 86% maths).

Bygrove Primary School's 2025 results were higher than all 4 of them.

Bygrove Primary School is one of 5 schools run by The Letta Trust, an academy trust.

49.4% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 81.4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (79%) and Black (9%).

In 2026, 41 pupils (16.6%) received SEN support and 26 (10.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

Bygrove Primary School had 15 teachers in 2026, one for every 14 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest tram or metro stop is Langdon Park, about 410 metres away (roughly a 5-minute walk).

15 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Augusta Street, 120 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Bygrove Primary School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, Bygrove Primary School issued 4 suspensions, 1.6 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to Bygrove Primary School are Langdon Park Community School (0.3 miles), St Paul's Way Trust School (0.5 miles) and Bow School (0.8 miles).